The domestic equity benchmarks continued to trade with minor losses in the early afternoon trade. The Nifty hovered around the 22,050 mark. Oil & gas shares witnessed buying demand for the fourth consecutive trading session.
At 12:30 IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex was down 215.29 points or 0.29% to 72,618.59. The Nifty 50 index lost 43.15 points or 0.20% to 22,053.60.
The broader market outperformed the frontline indices. The S&P BSE Mid-Cap index rose 0.52% and the S&P BSE Small-Cap index added 0.06%.
