Mumbai, April 29 -- The headline equity benchmarks traded with small gains in the mid-afternoon trade, impacted by mixed corporate earnings. However, strong foreign and domestic institutional inflows continued to provide support to overall market sentiment. The Nifty traded above the 22,300 level. IT shares advanced after declining for the previous trading session.

At 14:30 IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex, added 127.33 points or 0.17% to 80,354.07. The Nifty 50 index rose 17.35 points or 0.07%, to 24,345.45.

In the broader market, the S&P BSE Mid-Cap index rose 0.29%, and the S&P BSE Small-Cap index added 0.11%.

The market breadth was negative. On the BSE, 1,819 shares rose and 2,007 shares fell. A total of 154 shares wer...