Mumbai, Oct. 13 -- The key equity benchmarks traded with strong gains in morning trade supported by easing bond yields, a strengthening rupee and a decline in Brent crude prices. Investors remained focused on September-quarter earnings, with the Nifty trading above the 22,450 mark.

Market participants will monitor global cues, key US inflation data, the ongoing September-quarter earnings season and foreign institutional investor (FII) flows.

IT shares rebounded after declining in the past trading session. The rally was driven by a combination of factors, including better-than-expected September-quarter results from TCS and HCL Technologies, a slowdown in the AI trade and the US dollar's appreciation against the rupee, which supported IT...