Mumbai, July 20 -- The domestic equity benchmarks traded with decent losses in the mid- afternoon trade. The Nifty traded below the 24,300 level. Bank shares advanced after declining for previous trading session.

At 14:28 IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex tanked 361.08 points or 0.46% to 77,790.37. The Nifty 50 index fell 78.65 points or 0.32% to 24,255.65.

The broader market outperformed the frontline indices. The BSE 150 MidCap Index added 0.57% and the BSE 250 SmallCap Index rose 0.27%.

The market breadth was positive. On the BSE, 2,171 shares rose and 1,921 shares fell. A total of 262 shares were unchanged.

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