Mumbai, July 8 -- The key equity benchmarks traded with minor cuts in the morning trade. The Nifty traded tad below the 25,450 mark. Consumer durables shares declined after advancing in the past two trading sessions.

At 10:30 IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex, declined 16.04 points or 0.02% to 83,426.46. The Nifty 50 index lost 13.10 points or 0.05% to 25,448.20.

The broader market underperformed the frontline indices. The S&P BSE Mid-Cap index fell 0.24% and the S&P BSE Small-Cap index shed 0.08%.

The market breadth was positive. On the BSE, 1,846 shares rose and 1,719 shares fell. A total of 217 shares were unchanged.

Buzzing Index:

The Nifty Consumer Durables index fell 2.18% to 38,289.80. The index declined 2.42% in th...