Mumbai, Feb. 16 -- The key equity benchmarks traded with moderate gains in the afternoon trade. The Nifty traded above the 25,550 mark. Realty, private bank and pharma shared advanced while auto, media and IT shares declined.

At 13:28 IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex advanced 317.07 points or 0.39% to 82,945.23. The Nifty 50 index added 111.60 points or 0.43% to 25,579.50.

In the broader market, the BSE 150 MidCap Index added 0.39% and the BSE 250 SmallCap Index slipped 0.11%.

The market breadth was weak. On the BSE, 1,688 shares rose and 2,471 shares fell. A total of 211 shares were unchanged.

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