Stock market update: Private bank shares up; ICICI Bank rises 3%

NEW DELHI: Shares of private banks were in the green in Tuesday's trading session.

Shares of ICICI Bank (up 2.82 per cent), HDFC Bank (up 2.73 per cent), IDFCBANK (up 1.4 per cent), Axis Bank (up 1.4 per cent), Kotak Mahindra Bank (up 0.86 per cent), IndusInd Bank (up 0.67 per cent), Federal Bank (up 0.57 per cent) and RBLBANK (up 0.56 per cent) were among the top gainers.

The Nifty Private Bank index was trading 1.73 per cent up at 16892.65 around 11:08 am.


Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 203.25 points at 11911.15 , while the BSE Sensex was up 701.13 points at 40573.44 .

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 47 were trading in the green, while 3 were in the red.

Shares of YES Bank, Vodafone Idea, SBI, Tata Motors, Manappuram Fin, ITC, PNB, SAIL and Indian Energy Exchange were among the most traded shares on the NSE.