Mumbai, Feb. 6 -- The domestic equity benchmarks traded with moderate losses in the morning trade, dragged down by IT heavyweights amid a weak trend in US equities.

The Nifty traded below the 25,550 mark, while IT shares extended losses for the three consecutive trading session.

At 10:28 ST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex, tanked 321.50 points or 0.39% to 82,973.01. The Nifty 50 index fell 108.75 points or 0.42% to 25,534.05.

The broader market underperformed the frontline indices. The BSE 150 MidCap Index fell 0.97% and the BSE 250 SmallCap Index tanked 1.09%.

The market breadth was negative. On the BSE, 1,261 shares rose and 2,333 shares fell. A total of 206 shares were unchanged.

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