Mumbai, July 17 -- The key equity benchmarks witnessed strong gains in morning trade as investors looked past the escalating US-Iran conflict and turned their focus to the ongoing Q1 FY27 earnings season. Sustained buying in heavyweight stocks across key sectors lifted the domestic market, with the Nifty trading above the 24,250 level, near its day's high of 24,279.00.

Investors will continue to monitor developments in the US-Iran conflict, movements in crude oil prices, the ongoing Q1 earnings season, corporate business updates, and the progress of the southwest monsoon for further cues on market direction.

IT shares witnessed buyiung demand for second conesutive trading sessions.

At 10:25 IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex...