Israel earlier accused Iran of launching missiles into its airspace after the truce was supposed to take effect. The Iranian military denied firing on Israel, state media reported.

India's equity benchmark indexes pared early gains on Tuesday as Israel said it had ordered the military to respond after Iran fired missiles in violation of a ceasefire after 12 days of war. The Nifty 50 was up 0.

In a 118-word statement, India continued with its tightrope-walk policy of not commenting on the actions of Israel, Iran and the US