Mumbai, Sept. 24 -- The domestic equity benchmarks continued to witness moderate losses during morning trade, weighed down by renewed concerns over potential changes to U.S. H-1B visa regulations. Investor sentiment remained subdued, with broad-based selling pressure persisting across sectors. The impact of sustained foreign institutional outflows further dampened hopes of a festive-season demand revival.

The Nifty hovered around the 25,100 mark. IT shares extended losses for the fourth consecutive trading session.

At 10:30 IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex, slipped 237.63 points or 0.29% to 81,864.47. The Nifty 50 index lost 71 points or 0.29% to 25,098.50.

In the broader market, The S&P BSE Mid-Cap index declined 0.12% and...