Mumbai, May 26 -- The domestic equity indices continued to trade with decent gains in afternoon trade, supported by U.S. President Donald Trump initially issuing and then softening threats of increased tariffs on European imports over the weekend and by the Reserve Bank of India's decision to pay Rs 2.68 lakh crore as a dividend to the central government for FY25. Investors will closely monitor global trade developments and the upcoming Q4 results of the companies across various sectors. The Nifty traded above the 24,950 mark.

Barring the media index, all the sectoral indices on the NSE were traded in green with metal, auto and IT shares advancing the most.

At 13:26 IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex, added 342.67 points or 0....