Mumbai, June 12 -- The key equity benchmarks traded with minor cuts in the morning trade. The Nifty traded below the 25,150 mark. Pharma shares witnessed buying demand for the seventh consecutive trading session. The market was volatile due to the weekly expiry of the Nifty F&O series today.

At 10:30 IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex, declined 224.24 points or 0.27% to 82,290.90. The Nifty 50 index fell 30.60 points or 0.12% to 25,109.45.

In the broader market, the S&P BSE Mid-Cap index shed 0.25% and the S&P BSE Small-Cap index rose 0.02%.

The market breadth was negative. On the BSE, 1,714 shares rose and 1,809 shares fell. A total of 191 shares were unchanged.

Buzzing Index:

The Nifty Pharma index rose 1.04% to 22,287.40...