Mumbai, July 28 -- The headline equity benchmarks pared all early losses and traded with minor gains in the morning trade. The Nifty traded above the 24,850 mark. Realty shares witnessed selling pressure for the fifth consecutive trading session.

At 10:30 IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex rose 57.70 points or 0.08% to 81,517.51. The Nifty 50 index added 31.40 points or 0.12% to 24,864.85.

In the broader market, the S&P BSE Mid-Cap index rallied 0.60% and the S&P BSE Small-Cap index rose 0.24%.

The market breadth was positive. On the BSE 2,028 shares rose and 1,664 shares fell. A total of 209 shares were unchanged.

Economy:

India's forex reserves dipped by $1.18 billion to $695.49 billion for the week ending July 18, data b...