Mumbai, March 10 -- The domestic equity benchmarks ended with modest losses on Monday, impacted by concerns over a geopolitical trade war. The Nifty ended below the 22,500 level after hitting the day's high of 22,676.75 in the morning trade. Barring the Nifty FMCG index, all the other sectoral indices on the NSE ended in the red.

As per provisional closing, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex, declined 217.41 points or 0.29% to 74,115.17. The Nifty 50 index lost 92.20 points or 0.41%, to 22,460.30.

The broader market underperformed the frontline indices. The S&P BSE Mid-Cap index slipped 1.46% and the S&P BSE Small-Cap index fell 2.11%.

The market breadth was weak. On the BSE, 1,204 shares rose and 2,878 shares fell. A total of 147...