Mumbai, Feb. 24 -- The key equity benchmarks tumbled in the afternoon trade dragged down by heavy selling in IT counters. Investor sentiment was dented after Trump has threatened foreign nations that if they side with the US Supreme Court's judgment, they may face higher tariffs on goods imported into the US. Nifty traded around 25,400 level.

Barring Pharma index all the sectoral indices on the NSE were traded in red with IT, realty and media shares were top laggards.

At 13:25 IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex declined 1125.97 points or 1.34% to 82,172.95. The Nifty 50 index tanked 312.25 points or 1.21% to 25,403.15.

In the broader market, the BSE 150 MidCap Index fell 1.07% and the BSE 250 SmallCap Index dropped 1.26%.

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