Mumbai, May 7 -- The headline equity benchmarks ended with marginal gains on Wednesday as investors treaded cautiously amid geopolitical tensions and awaited cues from the U.S. Federal Reserve. Sentiment was weighed by news of Operation Sindoor - a precision strike by Indian forces on terror sites in Pakistan following the Pahalgam attack. The Nifty rebounded from early lows of 24,220 to close above the 24,400 mark. Buying interest was seen in auto, consumer durables, and realty stocks, while FMCG and pharma shares slipped into the red.

The S&P BSE Sensex rose 105.71 points or 0.13% to 80,746.78. The Nifty 50 index added 34.80 points or 0.14% to 24,414.40.

Tata Motors (up 5.05%), Bajaj Finance (up 2.14%) and HDFC Bank (up 0.73%) support...