The key equity barometers traded with slight gains in morning trades. Nifty moved in a range of 24592-24515. Nifty FMCG, Nifty PSU Bank and BSE 250 SmallCap shares advanced, while Nifty Media shares declined. At 10:45 IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex, rose 634.34 points or 0.81% to 78,728.98. The Nifty 50 index climbed 200.60 points or 0.82% to 24,584.20. The broader market underperformed the frontline indices. The BSE 150 MidCap Index advanced 0.97% and the BSE 250 SmallCap Index gained 1.31%. The market breadth was well-supported. On the BSE, 3505 shares rose and 1143 shares fell. A total of 267 shares were unchanged. Nifty FMCG index gained 1.73% to 49971. The index has moved higher by 0.67% in last one month and slipped 11.99% over last one year. ITC, adding 3.52%, led the gainers followed by Emami, up 2.36% and Godrej Consumer, inching higher 2.29%, respectively. Out of 15 index constituents, 14 are reporting gains today. Nifty PSU Bank index rose 1.41% to 8485. The index has edged lower 1.48% in last one month and jumped 22.13% over last one year. Pun. & Sind Bank, gaining 2.16%, led the gainers followed by Bank of India, edging up 2.10% and Bank of Baroda, edging up 1.92%, respectively. All 12 constituents are advancing today. Nifty Media index declined 1.83%. The index has gained 9.49% in last one month and edged lower by 0.47% over last one year. Zee Entertainmen, crashing 10.91%, led the loosers followed by Nazara Technolo., losing 0.59% and Sun TV Network, slipping 0.30%, respectively. Out of 10 index constituents, 3 are reporting loss today. Out of 14 sectoral indices on NSE, 13 are in green today. Nifty FMCG index is marginally higher by 0.67% in last one month and has posted steep losses of 11.99% over last year. Nifty Media index has posted strong gains of 9.49% in last one month and is down 0.47% over last one year. From NIFTY50 index, JP Power Ven., Vodafone Idea AND Urban Company are leading in terms of volumes today, clocking turnover of 1415.7 lakh shares, 648.27 lakh shares and 5160.47 lakh shares respectively. Asian markets slipped on Monday. China’s Shanghai composite is trading lower by 0.69%, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is slightly higher by 0.07%. Japan’s Nikkei 225 is lower by 1.03%. NIFTY50 Aug-26 futures are in discount of 81.80 points today.