Mumbai, July 18 -- The domestic equity benchmarks traded with substantial losses in mid-afternoon trade. The Nifty traded below the 25,000 level.

Consumer durables shares declined after witnessing buying demand in the past four trading sessions.

At 14:25 IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex declined 500.66 points or 0.61% to 81,764.54. The Nifty 50 index slipped 137.15 points or 0.55% to 24,974.20.

In the broader market The S&P BSE Mid-Cap index shed 0.51% and the S&P BSE Small-Cap index declined 0.61%.

The market breadth was weak. On the BSE, 1,526 shares rose and 2,443 shares fell. A total of 178 shares were unchanged.

Buzzing Index:

The Nifty Consumer Durables declined 0.84% to 38,671.95. The index increased 2.36% in the ...