Mumbai, June 30 (Inditop.com) A key index of the Indian equities markets slipped further into the red Tuesday afternoon, and was ruling about 207 points lower than its last closing figure.

Around 2.28 p.m., the benchmark index of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), the Sensex, which opened at 14,830.97 points, was ruling 206.99 or 1.4 percent lower at 14,578.75 points.

Similarly, the S&P CNX Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) was ruling 1.63 percent down at 4,319.55 points.

Broader market indices were also in the negative terrain, with the BSE midcap index trading 2.07 percent lower, while the BSE smallcap index was 1.68 percent down from its previous close.