Mumbai, Feb. 20 -- The domestic equity benchmarks traded with modest gains in mid-afternoon trade. The Nifty traded tad above the 25,600 level. Realty shares advanced after declining in the past trading session.

At 14:30 IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex jumped 435.24 points or 0.53% to 82,933.38. The Nifty 50 index rose 146.35 points or 0.57% to 25,602.70.

In the broader market, the BSE 150 MidCap Index added 0.56% and the BSE 250 SmallCap Index fell 0.10%.

The market breadth was weak. On the BSE, 1,449 shares rose and 2,610 shares fell. A total of 182 shares were unchanged.

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The Nifty Realty index rose 0.60% to 822.75. The index advanced 2.56% in the past trading session.

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