Mumbai, March 6 -- The headline equity benchmarks pared all early losses and traded with minor gains in the morning trade. The Nifty traded above the 22,350 mark. Media shares extended gains for the three consecutive trading sessions. Trading was volatile due to the weekly Nifty50 F&O series expiry today.

At 10:30 ST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex, rose 62.69 points, or 0.09%, to 73,812.51. The Nifty 50 index added 38.65 points, or 0.17%, to 22,375.95.

The broader market outperformed the frontline indices. The S&P BSE Mid-Cap index rose 0.94%, and the S&P BSE Small-Cap index added 1.64%.

The market breadth was strong. On the BSE, 2,520 shares rose and 816 shares fell. A total of 111 shares were unchanged.

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