Mumbai, Dec. 18 -- The key equity benchmarks traded with minor gains in afternoon trade. The Nifty traded above the 25,850 level. Investor sentiment improved as buying interest emerged following profit booking over past few sessions. Market participants also remained focused on ongoing IPO activity.

IT, realty and consumer durables shares advanced while media, auto and pharma shares declined.

At 13:25 ST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex, climbed 90.46 points or 0.11% to 84,695.19. The Nifty 50 index added 57.05 points or 0.22% to 25,877.25.

In the broader market, the S&P BSE Mid-Cap index jumped 0.16% and the S&P BSE Small-Cap index fell 0.21%.

The market breadth was weak. On the BSE, 1,623 shares rose and 2,401 shares fell. A...