Mumbai, July 25 -- The domestic equity benchmarks opened lower and traded with limited losses in early trade. The Nifty traded below the 25,000 level. Financials, pharma and metal stocks declined while pharma, PSU banks and realty stocks managed to trade in the green.

At 09:30 IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex, was down 201.81 points or 0.25% to 81,982.36. The Nifty 50 index lost 84.55 points or 0.34% to 24,977.55.

In the broader market, the S&P BSE Mid-Cap index fell 0.09% and the S&P BSE Small-Cap index slipped 0.37%.

The market breadth, however, was positive. On the BSE, 1,183 shares rose and 1,681, shares fell. A total of 119 shares were unchanged.

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