Mumbai, Nov. 18 -- The key equity benchmarks traded with minor cuts in the afternoon trade, ending a six-day winning streak. Investors turned cautious amid weak global cues. Overall sentiment weakened as investors avoided risk. The Nifty traded below the 26,000 level.

Realty, IT and metal shares declined while private and PSU bank shares advanced.

At 13:30 IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex, fell 78.22 points or 0.09% to 84,874.05. The Nifty 50 index lost 43.65 points or 0.16% to 25,972.15.

The broader market underperformed the frontline indices. The S&P BSE Mid-Cap index fell 0.53% and the S&P BSE Small-Cap index slipped 0.64%.

The market breadth was weak. On the BSE, 1,463 shares rose and 2,600 shares fell. A total of 177 ...