Mumbai, Nov. 18 -- The domestic equity benchmarks traded with moderate losses in early trade. The Nifty traded below the 26,000 level. Barring the Nifty PSU Bank index, all other sectoral indices on the NSE traded in the red, with the Realty, Metal and IT indices declining the most.

At 09:30 IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex, declined 161.81 points or 0.19% to 84,789.14. The Nifty 50 index lost 53.60 points or 0.19% to 25,957.95.

In the broader market, the S&P BSE Mid-Cap index shed 0.34% and the S&P BSE Small-Cap index slipped 0.45%.

The market breadth was negative. On the BSE, 1,323 shares rose and 1,776 shares fell. A total of 195 shares were unchanged.

Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) bought shares worth Rs 442.17 cro...