Mumbai, July 10 -- The headline equity indices traded with minor losses in the afternoon trade. Realty, metal shares advanced while IT, PSU bank and pharma shares declined. The Nifty slipped below the 25,400 level.

At 13:28 IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex declined 272.31 points or 0.33% to 83,269.52. The Nifty 50 index fell 86.90 points or 0.34% to 25,390.15.

In the broader market, the S&P BSE Mid-Cap index shed 0.50% and the S&P BSE Small-Cap index declined 0.09%.

The market breadth was negative. On the BSE, 1,751 shares rose and 2,128 shares fell. A total of 178 shares were unchanged.

The NSE's India VIX, a gauge of the market's expectation of volatility over the near term, fell 1.11% to 18.60.

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