The domestic equity benchmarks traded with robust gains in the afternoon trade. The Nifty traded near the 24,550 mark. IT, media and private bank shares rallied while realty, consumer durables and auto stocks decline.

At 13:30 IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex, was up 742.06 points or 0.93% to 80,639.40. The Nifty 50 index added 230.20 points or 0.95% to 24,546.15.

The Sensex and Nifty clocked an all-time high of 80,893.51 and 24,592.20 respectively in mid-morning trade.

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In the broader market, the S&P BSE Mid-Cap index shed 0.09% and…