Mumbai, April 21 -- The domestic equity benchmarks traded with significant gains in the afternoon trade, supported by optimism over potential peace talks between the US and Iran. Investor sentiment also remained upbeat amid easing crude oil prices. However, market participants shifted their focus to Q4 earnings.

The Nifty traded above the 24,550 mark. All the sectoral indices on the NSE were traded in the green, with realty, private bank and PSU Bank advancing the most.

At 13:30 IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex jumped 728.99 points or 0.93% to 79,249.29. The Nifty 50 index advanced 196.15 points or 0.82% to 24,561.70.

The broader market outperformed the frontline indices. The BSE 150 MidCap Index gained 0.77% and the BSE 25...