Mumbai, Aug. 14 -- The headline equity benchmarks traded with minor gains in early afternoon trade. Investors will track FII trends in the backdrop of the upcoming meeting between Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin later this week while awaiting WPI data due later today.

The Nifty traded above the 24,600 level. Financial Services shares extended gains for the second trading session.

At 12:30 IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex advanced 117.73 points or 0.14% to 80,651.24. The Nifty 50 index added 24.80 points or 0.10% to 24,644.30.

In the broader market, the S&P BSE Mid-Cap index shed 0.14% and the S&P BSE Small-Cap index fell 0.40%.

The market breadth was negative. On the BSE 1,733 shares rose and 2,096 share...