Mumbai, June 11 -- The domestic equity benchmarks traded with minor gains in the afternoon trade. The Nifty traded above the 23,250 level. Pharma, private bank and bank shares advanced while IT, PSU bank and realty shares declined.

At 13:28 IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex rose 104.16 points or 0.14% to 74,087.34. The Nifty 50 index rose 30.70 points or 0.15% to 23,252.

In the broader market, the BSE 150 MidCap Index fell 0.75% and the BSE 250 SmallCap Index shed 0.76%.

The market breadth was negative. On the BSE, 1,400 shares rose and 2,557 shares fell. A total of 233 shares were unchanged.

Gainers & Losers:

ICICI Bank (up 2.94%), Kotak Mahindra Bank (up 2.40%), Mahindra & Mahindra (up 1.74%), Axis Bank (up 1.51%) and JS...