Mumbai, Nov. 24 -- The headline equity indices traded with minor gains in the afternoon trade. The Nifty traded above 26,050 mark. IT, private bank and PSU bank shares advance while realty, media and metal shares declined.

At 13:30 IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex rose 93.53 points or 0.11% to 83,325.45. The Nifty 50 index added 13 points or 0.05% to 26,081.20.

In the broader market, the S&P BSE Mid-Cap index fell 0.07% and the S&P BSE Small-Cap index dropped 0.67%.

The market breadth was weak. On the BSE, 1,337 shares rose and 2,760 shares fell. A total of 220 shares were unchanged.

Gainers & Losers:

Tech Mahindra (up 3.30%), Eicher Motors (up 1.76%), Bajaj Auto (up 1.53%), Wipro (up 1.46%) and Infosys (up 1.22%) were th...