Mumbai, March 13 -- The headline equity benchmarks traded with moderate losses in mid-afternoon trade. The Nifty traded below 22,450 mark after hitting the day's high of 22,558.05 in the morning trade. Realty shares extended losses for the second consecutive trading session. Trading was volatile due to the weekly Nifty50 F&O series expiry today.

At 14:30 IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex, slipped 148.77 points or 0.20% to 73,878.84. The Nifty 50 index fell 62.05 points or 0.28% to 22,408.45.

The broader market underperformed the benchmark indices. The S&P BSE Mid-Cap index fell 0.63% and the S&P BSE Small-Cap index declined 0.65%.

The market breadth was weak. On the BSE, 1,499 shares rose and 2,406 shares fell. A total of 13...