Mumbai, Feb. 11 -- The domestic equity benchmarks traded sideways in the early afternoon trade. Nifty traded above the 25,900 level. Pharma stocks advanced after declining in the past trading session.

At 12:30 ST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex, declined 52.79 points or 0.06% to 84,221.13. The Nifty 50 index rose 6.50 points or 0.03% to 25,941.65.

In the broader market, the S&P BSE Mid-Cap index fell 0.20% and the S&P BSE Small-Cap index shed 0.14%.

The market breadth was negative. On the BSE, 1,716 shares rose and 2,220 shares fell. A total of 206 shares were unchanged.

Derivatives:

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