Mumbai, July 9 -- The domestic equity indices continued to trade with near flat line with positive bias in the early afternoon trade. Traders will monitor upcoming earnings season, India-US trade deal and tariffs situation. Nifty managed to trade above at 25,500 level.

Metal shares tumbled after U.S. President Donald trump announced a 50% tariffs on copper imports.

At 12:25 IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex advanced 43.73 points or 0.05% to 83,769.08. The Nifty 50 index rose 16.10 points or 0.06% to 25,540.05.

The broader market outperformed the frontline indices. The S&P BSE Mid-Cap index added 0.09% and the S&P BSE Small-Cap index jumped 0.52%.

The market breadth was positive. On the BSE, 2,101 shares rose and 1,688 share...