Mumbai, Dec. 30 -- The key domestic indices traded with minor cuts in mid-afternoon trade amid continued foreign institutional investor (FII) selling. Trading activity remained range-bound in the absence of strong domestic triggers and ahead of the year-end holiday period. The Nifty traded below the 25,950 mark.

PSU Bank shares witnessed buying demand for second straight session.

At 14:25 IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex declined 3.75 points or 0.10% to 84,608.82. The Nifty 50 index lost 13.70 points or 0.05% to 25,928.40.

In the broader market, the S&P BSE Mid-Cap index fell 0.07% and the S&P BSE Small-Cap index shed 0.10%.

The market breadth was negative. On the BSE, 1,828 shares rose and 2,263 shares fell. A total of 18...