Mumbai, Feb. 12 -- The domestic equity indices further extended losses in afternoon trade. The Nifty traded below 21,650 mark after hitting day's high of 21,831.70 in early trade. Barring IT and pharma shares advanced while all the sectoral indices were traded in red.

At 13:26 IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex, tumbled 565.01 points or 0.79% to 71,030.48. The Nifty 50 index declined 173.75 points or 0.80% to 21,608.75.

The broader market underperformed the frontline indices, the S&P BSE Mid-Cap index declined 2.05% and the S&P BSE Small-Cap index slipped 2.58%.

The market breadth was weak. On the BSE, 986 shares rose and 2,929 shares fell. A total of 104 shares were unchanged.

Gainers & Losers:

Wipro (up 3.34%), HCL Techno...