Mumbai, Sept. 7 -- The key equity benchmarks traded with modest losses in the morning trade. The Nifty traded below the 23,850 mark. Media shares declined after advancing in the past two trading sessions.

At 10:30 IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex, declined 189.67 points or 0.25% to 76,325.76. The Nifty 50 index lost 97.65 points or 0.41% to 23,802.85.

In the broader market, the BSE 150 MidCap Index fell 0.28% and the BSE 250 SmallCap Index rose 0.12%.

The market breadth was negative. On the BSE, 2,039 shares rose and 1,951 shares fell. A total of 258 shares were unchanged.

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