bengaluru dec 6 reuters  indian shares inched lower on monday after snapping two straight weekly falls as more cases of the omicron coronavirus variant were reported over the weekend by 0350 gmt the bluechip nse nifty 50 index nsei was down 027 at 1715005 while the benchmark sp bse sensex bsesn dipped 012 to 5762759 the nifty realty index niftyreal was up about 130 in early trade indias tally of reported cases of the heavily mutated omicron variant rose to 12 on sunday after the state of maharashtra said it had detected seven new cases read more shares of eris lifesciences erisns jumped nearly 10 in early trade as the company marked its entry into the insulin segment with a joint venture with mj biopharm broader asian share markets were also off to a cautious start as omicron emerged in more countries and investors faced a weeklong wait for key us inflation figures that could settle the course of interest rates reporting by shivani singh in bengaluru editing by subhranshu sahu