Share market update: Media shares mixed; Inox Leisure surges over 6%

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

Shares of Inox Leisure (up 6.54 per cent), DB Corp (up 4.51 per cent), Eros International Media (up 1.69 per cent) and Jagran Prakashan (up 1.68 per cent) were the top gainers in the index.

Zee Media Corporation (down 1.63 per cent), Zee Entertainment Enterprises (down 1.19 per cent), Den Networks (down 0.58 per cent) and Dish TV India (down 0.51 per cent) were trading with losses.


The Nifty Media index was trading 0.26 per cent up at 2434.35 around 02:50 pm.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 37.50 points at 11,635.50 while the BSE Sensex was up 95.12 points at 38,779.84.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 29 were trading in the green, while 21 were in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, SAIL, Tata Motors, YES Bank, SBI, Bank of Baroda, Ashok Leyland, DLF, Indiabulls Housing Finance, BHEL, ICICI Bank, Cipla, Tata Steel, Ambuja Cements and Indian Oil Corp were among the most traded shares on the NSE.