The key equity barometers traded with marginal losses in morning trades. Nifty moved in a range of 25385-25143. Nifty Realty, Nifty Financial Services and Nifty Media shares advanced, while Nifty Auto and Nifty IT shares retreated.

NIFTY had edged up 0.84% in last session and surged 12.93% over last one-week.

At 12:15 IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex, down 37.11 points to 81,842.29. The Nifty 50 index down 7.85 points to 25,247.20.

The broader market surpassed the frontline indices. The BSE 150 MidCap Index added 0.63% and the BSE 250 SmallCap Index gained 0.94%.

The market breadth was encouraging. On the BSE, 2825 shares rose and 2096 shares fell. A total of 277 shares were unchanged.

Nifty Realty index jumped 3.28% to 923. The index has jumped 10.36% in last one month and lost 5.16% over last one year. Oberoi Realty, gaining 4.39%, led the gainers followed by Sobha, up 4.22% and Prestige Estates, inching higher 4.20%, respectively. All 10 constituents are advancing today.

Nifty Financial Services index posted modest gains of 0.95% to 27927. The index has posted strong gains of 11.25% in last one month and added 1.41% over last one year. HDFC Life Insur., adding 4.30%, led the gainers followed by Max Financial, edging up 4.28% and Shriram Finance, edging up 3.46%, respectively. Out of 20 index constituents, 16 are reporting gains today.

Nifty Auto index edged lower by 0.91%. The index has recorded robust gains of 13.71% in last one month and edged higher by 5.06% over last one year. Samvardh. Mothe., slipping 2.31%, led the losers followed by M & M, losing 1.98% and Hyundai Motor I, edging lower 1.94%, respectively. Out of 15 index constituents, 9 are reporting loss today.

Asian markets recorded sharp declines on Thursday. China’s Shanghai composite is trading lower by 0.66%, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is firmly lower by 1.29%. Japan’s Nikkei 225 is lower by 0.70%.

In Europe, German DAX edged up 0.55%, UK’s FTSE 100 moved up 0.78% and French CAC ticked up 0.66%.

In Commodities, MCX Gold slipped 0.73% to trade at Rs 1,39,686 per 10 grams. MCX Crude oil posted modest losses of 1.21% to trade at Rs 8,201 per barrel. MCX Copper drifted lower by 0.67% to trade at Rs 1,340.95 per kg.