* The BSE index
falls 0.35 percent while the 50-share NSE index is down 0.28 percent on caution ahead of corporate earnings. * Shares in Infosys Ltd
, India's No.2 software exporter, falls 6.9 percent after the company's revenue growth forecast for the fiscal year that ends in March failed to meet market expectations.
* However, the company's revenue growth forecast for the current fiscal year does not include the revenue from Lodestone Holding AG, Chief Financial Officer V. Balakrishnan said on Friday.
* HDFC Bank
, which is expected to post a near 30 percent rise in net profit in the September quarter later in the day, gains 0.9 percent. * Also on watch, India will unveil August factory data on Friday with a Reuters poll showing a modest 1.1 percent growth annually. (0530 GMT)