Mumbai, July 8 -- The domestic equity indices continued to trade with minor gains in the early afternoon trade. Market participants will monitor upcoming earnings season, India-US trade deal and tariffs situation. Nifty traded above at 25,450 mark.

Media shares witnessed selling pressure for second consecutive trading session.

At 12:26 IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex advanced 71.27 points or 0.08% to 83,514.13. The Nifty 50 index rose 7.10 points or 0.03% to 25,468.40.

The broader market underperformed the frontline indices. The S&P BSE Mid-Cap index shed 0.57% and the S&P BSE Small-Cap index fell 0.76%.

The market breadth was negative. On the BSE, 1,544 shares rose and 2,293 shares fell. A total of 185 shares were unchan...