Mumbai, March 13 -- The key equity benchmarks traded with minor gains in early trade. The Nifty traded above 22,350 mark. FMCG, IT and bank stocks advanced while metal, oil & gas and PSU bank shares slides.

At 09:28 IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex, was up 178.26 points or 0.24% to 73,846.22. The Nifty 50 index added 20.35 points or 0.09% to 22,356.05.

The broader market underperformed the frontline indices. The S&P BSE Mid-Cap index shed 0.28% and the S&P BSE Small-Cap index fell 0.52%.

The market breadth was negative. On the BSE, 1,295 shares rose and 1,637 shares fell. A total of 98 shares were unchanged.

Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) bought shares worth Rs 73.12 crore, while domestic institutional investors (DIIs)...