Mumbai, July 9 -- The domestic benchmarks indices continued to trade with significant gains in afternoon trade supported by foreign fund inflows and buying in blue-chip stocks. The Nifty traded above the 24,000 level. Investors are also closely tracking the first-quarter earnings season, with the focus on TCS' Q1 FY27 results due later in the day. Market participants will watch the IT major's management commentary for cues on discretionary technology spending by global clients and the demand outlook for the sector.

All the sectoral indices in the NSE were traded in green with realty, media and consumer durables shares led the rally.

At 12:26 IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex advanced 503.25 points o 0.67% to 77,013.37. The Ni...