Mumbai, June 16 -- The key equity benchmarks continued to trade with small gains in morning trade, extending their positive momentum, despite rising geopolitical tensions between Israel and Iran. Investors will closely monitor crude oil prices, movements in money market and the outcome of the upcoming U.S. Federal Reserve meeting later this week. The Nifty traded above the 24,800 level.

PSU Bank shares dropped for the fifth consecutive trading session.

At 10:25 IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex added 243.22 points or 0.30% to 81,361.82. The Nifty 50 index rose 83.70 points or 0.34% to 24,802.10.

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