Share market update: Airline stocks gain; Jet Airways spikes 5%

NEW DELHI: Airline stocks were trading in the positive zone in Monday's afternoon session.

Jet Airways (up 4.99 per cent), Interglobe Aviation (up 0.52 per cent) and Global Vectra Helicorp (up 0.40 per cent) were among the top gainers.

SpiceJet (down 3.23 per cent) and Global Vectra Helicorp (down 0.30 per cent) were among the top losers.


The NSE Nifty 50 index was trading 48.40 points down at 12223.4, while the 30 shares BSE Sensex was down 178.31 points at 41503.23 at around 02:30 pm.

Zee Entertainment (up 3.2 per cent), Vedanta (up 1.91 per cent), Dr Reddy's Laboratories (up 1.11 per cent), Maruti Suzuki (up 1.0 per cent), Hero MotoCorp (up 0.91 per cent) were among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.

On the other hand, Yes Bank (down 3.7 per cent), State Bank of India (down 2.01 per cent), Reliance Industries (down 1.95 per cent), Nestle India (down 1.84 per cent), Coal India (down 1.47 per cent), Bharti Airtel (down 1.37 per cent), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone (down 1.17 per cent) were trading in the red.