Mumbai, May 15 -- The key equity benchmarks traded with minor gains in early trade. Nifty traded above the 23,750 mark. IT, media and private bank shares advanced while metal and realty stocks declined.

At 09:30 IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex, jumped 319.02 points or 0.42% to 75,717.74. The Nifty 50 index added 102 points or 0.43% to 23,794.35.

In the broader market, the BSE 150 MidCap Index shed 0.16% and the BSE 250 SmallCap Index fell 0.57%.

The market breadth was negative. On the BSE, 1,297 shares rose and 1,628 shares fell. A total of 155 shares were unchanged.

Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) bought shares worth Rs 187.46 crore, while domestic institutional investors (DIIs) were net buyers to the tune of Rs 684.3...