Mumbai, Feb. 27 -- The key equity benchmarks traded near the flat line with negative bias in morning trade. The Nifty traded below 22,150 mark. Realty shares witnessed buying demand for the sixth consecutive trading session.

At 10:30 IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex, was down 43.60 points or 0.06% to 72,746.53. The Nifty 50 index lost 7.70 points or 0.03% to 22,114.35.

The broader market outperformed the headline indices, The S&P BSE Mid-Cap index rose 0.27% and the S&P BSE Small-Cap index added 0.23%.

The market breadth was positive. On the BSE, 1,902 shares rose and 1,623 shares fell. A total of 157 shares were unchanged.

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