Mumbai, March 26 -- The key equity benchmarks traded with limited losses in early trade. The Nifty traded below the 22,100 mark. Barring Metal index all the other sectoral indices on the NSE were traded in red.

At 09:25 IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex, was down 164.67 points or 0.23% to 72,667.27. The Nifty 50 index declined 43.60 points or 0.20% to 22,053.15.

In the broader market, the S&P BSE Mid-Cap index added 0.02% while the S&P BSE Small-Cap index fell 0.14%.

The market breadth was positive. On the BSE, 1,580 shares rose and 1,400 shares fell. A total of 204 shares were unchanged.

Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) sold shares worth Rs 3,309.76 crore, while domestic institutional investors (DIIs), were net buyers to...