Share market update: Media shares mixed; Sun TV gains 4%

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

Shares of Sun TV Network (up 4.18 per cent) , Inox Leisure (up 1.10 per cent) , Navneet Education (up 0.81 per cent) and Dish TV India (up 0.74 per cent) were the top performers in the index.

While Zee Media Corporation (down 4.05 per cent) , Eros International Media (down 4.01 per cent) , Den Networks (down 2.55 per cent) and Zee Entertainment Enterprises (down 2.01 per cent) were trading lower.


The Nifty Media index was trading 0.09 per cent up at 1795.45 around 12:01 pm.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 6.70 points at 11,847.15 while the BSE Sensex was up 89.14 points at 40,205.20.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 19 were trading in the green, while 31 were in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, SBI, Bank of Baroda, SAIL, Adani Power, Tata Motors, ICICI Bank and BHEL were among the most traded shares on the NSE.