Share market update: Nifty Financial Services index up; HDFC climbs 3%

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

Shares of HDFC (up 2.67 per cent) , Mahindra & Mahindra Financial (up 1.49 per cent) , HDFC LIFE INSURANCE (up 1.48 per cent) , Bajaj Finserv (up 1.3 per cent) , Bajaj Finance (up 1.26 per cent) , ICICIGI (up 1.25 per cent) , SBI Life (up 0.92 per cent) , HDFC Bank (up 0.88 per cent) , Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd (up 0.85 per cent) , REC (up 0.83 per cent) , ICICIPRULI (up 0.58 per cent) , Power Finance Corporation (up 0.52 per cent) , Axis Bank (up 0.45 per cent) , State Bank of India (up 0.38 per cent) , Kotak Mahindra Bank (up 0.33 per cent) and Bajaj Holdings & Investment (up 0.07 per cent) were among the top gainers.
The Nifty Financial Services index was trading 0.9 per cent up at 14,363.50 around 11:52 am.


Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 1.50 points at 12117.5 , while the BSE Sensex was up 20.39 points at 41175.51 .

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 18 were trading in the green, while 32 were in the red.

Shares of YES Bank, Vodafone Idea, SAIL, Tata Motors, JSPL, Vedanta , ICICI Bank, SBI, United Spirits and Wockhardt were among the most traded shares on the NSE.