Mumbai, June 25 -- The domestic equity benchmarks traded with major gains in the afternoon trade, tracking a global rally as tensions in West Asia eased after a fragile Israel-Iran ceasefire. The Nifty traded near 25,250 mark.

IT, media and consumer durables shares advanced while realty and private bank shares declined.

At 13:26 ST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex jumped 721.32 points or 0.88% to 82,776.43. The Nifty 50 index rallied 207.25 points or 0.82% to 25,250.05.

In the broader market, the S&P BSE Mid-Cap index rose 0.44% and the S&P BSE Small-Cap index added 1.32%.

The market breadth was strong. On the BSE, 2,716 shares rose and 1,167 shares fell. A total of 170 shares were unchanged.

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