Share market update: Nifty Financial Services index up; Bajaj Holdings jumps 4%

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Financial Services index was up with its components trading on a mixed note in Tuesday's afternoon session.

Shares of Bajaj Holdings & Investment (up 3.91 per cent), Indiabulls Housing Finance (up 3.04 per cent), Edelweiss Financial Services (up 1.94 per cent) and Power Finance Corporation (up 1.91 per cent) were trading in the green.

Cholamandalam Investment & Finance Company (down 1.97 per cent), ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company (down 1.73 per cent), Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services (down 1.64 per cent) and Axis Bank (down 1.33 per cent) were trading lower.


The Nifty Financial Services index was trading 0.27 per cent up at 12,861.90 around 12:19 pm.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 27.30 points at 11,216.50 while the BSE Sensex was up 119.55 points at 37,805.92.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 24 were trading in the green, while 26 were in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, BEL, Tata Motors, Ashok Leyland, Dish TV India, PNB, Indiabulls Housing Finance, GMR Infra and SAIL were among the most traded shares on the NSE.