Mumbai, June 15 -- The key equity barometers traded with strong gains in early trade, mirroring a rally in global markets after the US and Iran reached a ceasefire agreement. The easing of geopolitical tensions and a sharp decline in crude oil prices and the appreciation of rupee supported risk appetite across global equities. Investors will also closely monitor the progress of the monsoon, foreign institutional investor (FII) flows, and the inflation trajectory for further market direction. Nifty traded above the 23,950 mark.

Barring pharma shares all the sectoral indices on the NSE were traded in green.

At 09:25 IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex surged 1,105.16 points or 1.46% to 76,629.66. The Nifty 50 index soared 332.30 ...