Share market update: Media shares mixed; Dish TV slips over 3%

NEW DELHI: Media shares were trading on a mixed note in Tuesday's afternoon session.

Shares of DB Corp (up 1.43 per cent), Network 18 Media & Investments (up 0.94 per cent), Inox Leisure (up 0.93 per cent) and TV18 Broadcast (up 0.48 per cent) were the top performers in the index.

Dish TV India (down 3.43 per cent), TV Today Network (down 1.57 per cent), Zee Entertainment Enterprises (down 1.12 per cent) and Eros International Media (down 1.00 per cent) were trading lower.


The Nifty Media index was trading 0.57 per cent down at 2284.85 around 12:40 pm.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 21.45 points at 11,619.70 while the BSE Sensex was up 103.64 points at 38,703.98.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 29 were trading in the green, while 20 were in the red.

Shares of PC Jeweller, ICICI Bank, YES Bank, Vodafone Idea, Suzlon Energy, Marico, Dish TV India, Federal Bank, Bharti Airtel and Tata Motors were among the most traded shares on the NSE.