Mumbai, Oct. 28 -- The frontline benchmarks continued to trade with modest cuts in the mid-morning trade, tracking weak cues from Asian markets. The Nifty is below the 25,900 level, while realty stocks declined after advancing in the past three trading sessions.

At 11:30 IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex, declined 341.55 points or 0.40% to 84,437.29. The Nifty 50 index fell 84.35 points or 0.32% to 25,881.25.

The broader market outperformed the frontline indices. The S&P BSE Mid-Cap index added 0.04% and the S&P BSE Small-Cap index rose 0.19%.

The market breadth was negative. On the BSE, 1,880 shares rose and 1,968 shares fell. A total of 229 shares were unchanged.

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The Nifty Realty index fell 0.83% to 946.75...