Mumbai, July 21 (Inditop.com) A key index of the Indian equities markets was ruling 111 points in the red in the afternoon trade Tuesday as investors continued to trade warily.

At 1.50 p.m. the 30-scrip benchmark index of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), the Sensex, which opened higher at 15,218.83 points, was at 15,079.5 points – 111.51 points or 0.73 percent lower than Monday’s closing figure.

Around the same time, the S&P CNX Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) too was ruling in the red, 0.65 percent down at 4,473.2 points.

Broader market indices were ruling mixed with the BSE midcap index trading 0.08 percent lower and the BSE smallcap index ruling up 0.09 percent.