The domestic equity benchmarks pared all losses and traded with decent gains in afternoon trade. The Nifty traded near the 22,050 mark after hitting the day's low of 21,777.65 in early trade. Metal, private bank and financial services shares advanced while realty, media and pharma stocks declined.

At 13:30 IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex, was up 226.24 points or 0.30% to 72,696.41. The Nifty 50 index added 50.25 points or 0.23% to 22,046.10.

In the broader market, the S&P BSE Mid-Cap index shed 0.49% while the S&P BSE Small-Cap index gained 0.13%.

The market breadth was negative. On the BSE, 1,648 shares rose and 2,025 shares fell. A total of 147 shares were unchanged.

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