The key equity barometers traded with marginal losses in morning trades. Nifty moved in a range of 25246-25078. Nifty Financial Services, Nifty Realty and Nifty Private Bank shares declined.

NIFTY inched higher by 0.18% in last session and spiked 13.13% over last one-week.

At 12:15 IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex, inched down 479.77 points or 0.59% to 81,431.24. The Nifty 50 index edged lower by 181.40 points or 0.72% to 25,117.95.

The broader market surpassed the frontline indices. The BSE 150 MidCap Index moved lower by 0.24% and the BSE 250 SmallCap Index posted modest losses of 0.37%.

The market breadth was unfavorable. On the BSE, 2019 shares gained and 2851 shares declined. A total of 280 shares were unchanged.

Nifty Financial Services index retreated 1.12%. The index has surged 12.83% in last one month and edged higher by 2.63% over last one year. Shriram Finance, down 3.07%, led the losers followed by Muthoot Finance, losing 2.53% and SBI Life Insuran, edging lower 1.70%, respectively. Out of 20 index constituents, 18 are reporting loss today.

Nifty Realty index shed 1.07%. The index has soared 15.33% in last one month and edged lower by 0.39% over last one year. Phoenix Mills, slipping 2.20%, led the losers followed by Sobha, easing 1.92% and Brigade Enterpr., losing 1.77%, respectively. Out of 10 index constituents, 9 are reporting loss today.

Nifty Private Bank index declined 1.03%. The index has rallied 11.37% in last one month and added 7.39% over last one year. IndusInd Bank, edging lower 1.76%, led the losers followed by Bandhan Bank, down 1.68% and HDFC Bank, down 1.46%, respectively. All 10 index constituents are reporting losses today.

Asian markets fell on Friday. China’s Shanghai composite is lower by 0.65%, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is firmly lower by 1.55%. Japan’s Nikkei 225 is ahead by 0.53%.

In Europe, German DAX drifted lower 0.07%, UK’s FTSE 100 moved up 0.25% and French CAC ticked up 0.34%.

In Commodities, MCX Crude oil edged higher by 0.83% to trade at Rs 8,310 per barrel.