Stock market update: Nifty Bank index advances 0.12% in an upbeat market

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Bank index traded positive around 11:06AM(IST)on Wednesday in an upbeat market.

Bank of Baroda(up 1.26 per cent), HDFC Bank(up 1.0 per cent), Punjab National Bank(up 0.48 per cent), Federal Bank(up 0.32 per cent) and IndusInd Bank(up 0.07 per cent) were among the top gainers.

Bandhan Bank(down 1.21 per cent), Axis Bank(down 0.82 per cent), IDFCBANK(down 0.54 per cent), AU Small Finance Bank(down 0.29 per cent) and Kotak Mahindra Bank(down 0.26 per cent) were the top losers on the index.


The Nifty Bank index was up 0.12 per cent at 43818.3 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 3.9 points at 18820.6, while the BSE Sensex was up 65.11 points at 63392.81.

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

Shares of Vodafone Idea, Reliance Power, Suzlon Energy, Alok Industries and Zee Ent. were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Keerti Knowledge, Chaman Metallics, Subros, Blue Chip India and Crayons Advertising hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Viaz Tyres, Rachana Infrastructu, A G Universal, Kore Digital and Sri Adhikari hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.