Mumbai, Feb. 6 -- The key equity benchmarks ended with minor gains today, navigating the Union Budget, the India-US trade deal, an Anthropic AI-led shock to IT stocks, and the Reserve Bank of India's repo rate policy.

The Nifty settled above the 25,650 mark. FMCG, consumer durables and private bank shares declined while IT, pharma and auto shares declined

As per provisional closing data, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex, added 266.47 points or 0.32% to 83,580.40. The Nifty 50 index rose 50.90 points or 0.20% to 25,693.70.

In the broader market, the BSE 150 MidCap Index fell 0.11% and the BSE 250 SmallCap Index tanked 0.42%.

The market breadth was negative. On the BSE, 1,916 shares rose and 2,273 shares fell. A total of 182 sha...