Mumbai, March 3 -- The domestic equity benchmarks opened higher but closed with minor losses on Monday amid a volatile session. The Nifty closed below the 22,120 mark after hitting the day's high of 22,261.55. While IT and metal stocks offered support, oil & gas and financial services stocks weighed on the indices. Initial optimism from India's stronger-than-expected Q3 FY25 GDP growth faded as global trade uncertainties dampened sentiment.

The S&P BSE Sensex fell 112.16 points, or 0.15%, to 73,085.94. The Nifty 50 index shed 5.40 points, or 0.02%, to 22,119.30.

Reliance Industries (down 2.38%), Bajaj Finserv (down 1.86%) and HDFC Bank (down 1.72%) were major drags.

In the broader market, the S&P BSE Mid-Cap index advanced 0.25% and th...