Mumbai, April 22 -- The domestic equity benchmarks traded with moderate gains in afternoon trade, supported by RBI's move to ease liquidity norms. Investor sentiment remained positive, aided by continued foreign institutional inflows. The Nifty traded above the 24,150 mark.

Barring the Nifty IT index, all the other sectoral indices on the NSE traded in green.

At 13:27 IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex added 237.40 points or 0.29% to 79,634.17. The Nifty 50 index rose 63.75 points or 0.26% to 24,189.30.

The broader market outperformed the frontline indices. The S&P BSE Mid-Cap index jumped 1.10% and the S&P BSE Small-Cap index advanced 1.04%.

The market breadth was strong. On the BSE, 2,585 shares rose and 1,297 shares fell....