Mumbai, March 7 -- The headline equity benchmarks pared all early losses and traded with minor gains in the morning trade. The Nifty traded above the 22,550 mark after hitting the day's low of 22,464.75 in early trade. Media shares extended gains for the four consecutive trading sessions.

At 10:30 ST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex, added 143.20 points, or 0.19%, to 74,488.30. The Nifty 50 index rose 48.10 points, or 0.21%, to 22,592.80.

The broader market outperformed the frontline indices. The S&P BSE Mid-Cap index rose 0.39%, and the S&P BSE Small-Cap index added 1.02%.

The market breadth was strong. On the BSE, 2,678 shares rose and 901 shares fell. A total of 158 shares were unchanged.

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