Mumbai, Feb. 19 -- The domestic equity benchmarks traded with major cuts in mid-afternoon trade, pressured by broad-based selling across sectors. The Nifty traded below the 25,600 level. Media shares witnessed profit booking after rising in the previous two consecutive trading sessions.

At 14:30 IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex, tanked 901.29 points or 1.08% to 82,832.96. The Nifty 50 index fell 254.65 points or 0.99% to 25,558.70.

The broader market outperformed the frontline indices. The BSE 150 MidCap Index slipped 0.92% and the BSE 250 SmallCap Index fell 0.66%.

The market breadth was weak. On the BSE, 1,449 shares rose and 2,610 shares fell. A total of 182 shares were unchanged.

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