Mumbai, April 15 -- The domestic equity benchmarks traded with significant gains in the afternoon trade, amid positive global cues. Sentiment improved on hopes of renewed peace talks between the United States and Iran after Donald Trump indicated that negotiations could resume in Pakistan over the next two days.

The Nifty traded above the 24,150 mark. All the sectoral indices on the NSE traded in the green with IT, media and realty index gaining the most.

At 13:28 IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex advanced 1,160.57 points or 1.51% to 78,006.06. The Nifty 50 index jumped 355.05 points or 1.49% to 24,198.60.

The broader market outperformed the frontline indices. The BSE 150 MidCap Index jumped 2.03% and the BSE 250 SmallCap I...