Mumbai, July 16 -- Equity benchmarks ended with modest gains on Tuesday, with the Nifty closing above the 25,200 mark. PSU banks and IT stocks attracted buying interest, while metal and pharma shares faced selling pressure. However, sentiment remained cautious amid renewed concerns over rising U.S. inflation and lingering uncertainty over trade tariffs.

The S&P BSE Sensex jumped 63.57 points or 0.08% to 82,634.48. The Nifty 50 index added 16.25 points or 0.06% to 25,212.05.

Mahindra & Mahindra (up 2.10%), State Bank of India (up 1.81%) and Infosys (up 1.50%) boosted the indices.

The broader market outperformed the frontline indices. The S&P BSE Mid-Cap index rose 0.10% and the S&P BSE Small-Cap index added 0.28%.

The market breadth wa...