The key equity barometers traded with minor losses in morning trades. Nifty moved in a range of 25230-25078. Nifty Healthcare Index, Nifty IT and Nifty Pharma shares rose, while Nifty Financial Services and Nifty Private Bank shares retreated.

At 10:45 IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex, posted modest losses of 89.07 points or 0.11% to 81,821.94. The Nifty 50 index moved lower by 92.30 points or 0.36% to 25,207.05.

The broader market outpaced the frontline indices. The BSE 150 MidCap Index edged higher by 0.37% and the BSE 250 SmallCap Index inched up 0.20%.

The market breadth was positive. On the BSE, 2346 shares advanced and 2290 shares declined. A total of 259 shares were unchanged.

Nifty Healthcare Index index added 0.64% to 17410. The index has gained 9.16% in last one month and soared 17.02% over last one year. Laurus Labs, adding 1.88%, led the gainers followed by Fortis Health., edging up 1.45% and Sun Pharma.Inds., inching higher 1.35%, respectively. Out of 20 index constituents, 15 are reporting gains today.

Nifty IT index moved higher by 0.55% to 32342. The index has recorded robust gains of 13.45% in last one month and fell 12.73% over last one year. Mphasis, up 1.99%, led the gainers followed by Coforge, gaining 1.78% and HCL Technologies, inching higher 1.17%, respectively. All 10 constituents are advancing today.

Nifty Financial Services index moved lower by 0.95%. The index has posted strong gains of 12.83% in last one month and edged higher by 2.63% over last one year. Shriram Finance, losing 2.39%, led the losers followed by Muthoot Finance, down 2.37% and SBI Life Insuran, easing 1.49%, respectively. Out of 20 index constituents, 17 are reporting loss today.

Out of 14 sectoral indices on NSE, 9 are in red today. Nifty Healthcare Index index has posted strong gains of 9.16% in last one month and has soared 17.02% over last year. Nifty Financial Services index is sharply higher by 12.83% in last one month and is up 2.63% over last one year.

From NIFTY50 index, Vodafone Idea, Ola Electric AND TD Power Systems are leading in terms of volumes today, clocking turnover of 2020.71 lakh shares, 1267.63 lakh shares and 21449.67 lakh shares respectively.

Asian markets posted modest losses on Friday. China’s Shanghai composite is slightly lower by 0.13%, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is firmly lower by 1.31%. Japan’s Nikkei 225 is higher by 0.88%.

NIFTY50 Nov-26 futures are in discount of 45.75 points today.