The key equity barometers traded with slight losses in morning trades. Nifty moved in a range of 22767-22555. Nifty Realty, Nifty Private Bank and Nifty Bank shares advanced, while Nifty FMCG and Nifty Chemicals shares fell.

At 10:45 IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex, posted modest losses of 267.72 points or 0.36% to 73,441.97. The Nifty 50 index edged lower by 60.40 points or 0.26% to 22,750.95.

The broader market performed better than frontline indices. The BSE 150 MidCap Index lost 0.64% and the BSE 250 SmallCap Index moved lower by 0.41%.

The market breadth was unfavorable. On the BSE, 1891 shares rose and 2668 shares retreated. A total of 260 shares were unchanged.

Nifty Realty index moved higher by 0.55% to 810. The index has lost 5.62% in last one month and declined 14.03% over last one year. Phoenix Mills, edging up 1.91%, led the gainers followed by Godrej Propert., adding 0.90% and A B Real Estate, inching higher 0.67%, respectively. Out of 10 index constituents, 6 are reporting gains today.

Nifty Private Bank index inched up 0.33% to 26992. The index has eased by 1.70% in last one month and edged lower by 5.36% over last one year. Kotak Mah. Bank, up 1.08%, led the gainers followed by IndusInd Bank, gaining 0.78% and ICICI Bank, inching higher 0.65%, respectively. Out of 10 index constituents, 8 are reporting gains today.

Nifty FMCG index fell 1.11%. The index has edged lower 4.75% in last one month and tumbled 22.77% over last one year. Nestle India, slipping 2.20%, led the losers followed by Godfrey Phillips, edging lower 1.67% and Varun Beverages, down 1.63%, respectively. Out of 15 index constituents, 14 are reporting loss today.

Out of 14 sectoral indices on NSE, 9 are in red today. Nifty Realty index has registered heavy losses of 5.62% in last one month and has slumped 14.03% over last year. Nifty FMCG index has tumbled 4.75% in last one month and has posted steep losses of 22.77% over last one year.

From NIFTY50 index, Vodafone Idea, Eternal AND Yes Bank are leading in terms of volumes today, clocking turnover of 2354.52 lakh shares, 16105.48 lakh shares and 611.39 lakh shares respectively.

Asian markets tumbled on Thursday. China’s Shanghai composite is significantly lower by 1.26%, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is firmly lower by 3.07%. Japan’s Nikkei 225 is substantially lower by 2.11%.

NIFTY50 Oct-26 futures are in discount of 21.25 points today.