BENGALURU, March 26 (Reuters) - Indian shares opened lower on Tuesday, as investors booked profits on the back of weekly gains, while Asian markets also reversed early gains as the global rally driven by optimism over U.S. interest rate outlook came to a pause.

The blue chip NSE Nifty 50 index lost 0.2% to 22,050, while the BSE Sensex trimmed 0.26% to 72,643.19, as of 9:16 a.m. IST. (Reporting by Hritam Mukherjee and Bharath Rajeswaran in Bengaluru; Editing by Janane Venkatraman )