Mumbai, Feb. 6 -- The key equity benchmarks traded with decent losses in mid-morning trade as investors awaited the RBI's monetary policy decision later in the week amid ongoing trade war concerns. The Nifty traded below the 23,600 level. Auto shares extended losses for the two consecutive trading sessions. Trading was volatile due to the weekly Nifty 50 F&O series expiry today.

At 14:30 IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex, slipped 379 points or 0.48% to 77,889.92. The Nifty 50 index lost 125.85 points or 0.53% to 23,570.50.

In the broader market, the S&P BSE Mid-Cap index shed 0.74% and the S&P BSE Small-Cap index fell 0.03%.

The market breadth was negative. On the BSE, 1,850 shares rose and 1,957 shares fell. A total of 152...