Mumbai, Aug. 14 -- The domestic equity benchmarks traded with minor gains in the mid-afternoon trade. Investors will track FII trends in the backdrop of the upcoming meeting between Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin later this week. Nifty traded above 24,600 level.

Metal shares declined after rallying for three consecutive trading sessions.

At 14:27 IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex advanced 31.23 points or 0.04% to 80,577.02. The Nifty 50 index added 3.25 points or 0.01% to 24,622.60.

The broader market underperformed the frontline indices. The S&P BSE Mid-Cap index shed 0.26% and the S&P BSE Small-Cap index fell 0.55%.

The market breadth was negative. On the BSE 1,684 shares rose and 2,315 shares fell. A t...