Mumbai, Oct. 13 -- The domestic equity benchmarks ended with minor losses today, breaking a two-day winning streak, weighed down by renewed trade tensions between the U.S. and China that dampened investor risk appetite. The selloff was triggered by U.S. President Donald Trump's escalation of tariff threats following Beijing's tightening of restrictions on rare earth exports.

The Nifty settled below the 25,250 mark. PSU Bank, financial services and media shares advanced while FMCG, consumer durables and IT shares declined.

As per provisional closing data, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex, declined 173.77 points or 0.21% to 82,327.05. The Nifty 50 index fell 58 points or 0.23% to 25,227.35. In the past two trading sessions, the Se...