Mumbai, Feb. 3 -- The key equity benchmarks traded with robust gains in the afternoon trade as investors cheered the long-awaited trade agreement between India and the United States. The announcement sparked broad-based buying across sectors, enabling domestic markets to recoup losses triggered by the recent Union Budget. The Nifty traded above the 25,750 mark. All the sectoral indices traded in the green on the NSE, with metal, pharma, and auto shares gaining the most.

At 1:30 ST, the S&P BSE Sensex zoomed 2,200.62 points or 2.69% to 83,867.08. The Nifty 50 index added 683.25 points or 2.72% to 25,776.15.

In the broader market, the S&P BSE 150 MidCap Index rallied 2.71% and the S&P BSE 250 SmallCap Index jumped 2.87%.

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