Mumbai, June 10 -- The domestic equity benchmarks closed virtually unchanged today as investors closely monitored ongoing US-China trade discussions. The Nifty 50 managed to conclude the session above the 25,100 mark.

After an initial gap-up opening, the Nifty swiftly surrendered its early gains, subsequently trading within a narrow range for the remainder of the day. Sectoral performance was bifurcated, with IT and pharma stocks emerging as gainers. In contrast, realty and banks shares were under pressure.

The S&P BSE Sensex shed 53.49 points or 0.06% to 82,391.72. The Nifty 50 index rose 1.05 points or 0.00% to 25,104.25.

ICICI Bank (down 0.70%), Reliance Industries (down 0.69%) and HDFC Bank (down 0.64%) were major drags.

The broad...