Stock market update: Nifty Bank index advances 0.29% in a weak market

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Bank index traded positive around 10:34AM(IST)on Tuesday in a weak market.

IDFCBANK(up 1.54 per cent), IndusInd Bank(up 1.11 per cent), Federal Bank(up 0.91 per cent), AU Small Finance Bank(up 0.64 per cent) and Bank of Baroda(up 0.6 per cent) were among the top gainers.

ICICI Bank(down 0.15 per cent) were the top losers on the index.


The Nifty Bank index was up 0.29 per cent at 42383.6 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 34.2 points at 17672.65, while the BSE Sensex was down 120.61 points at 59790.14.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 20 were trading in the green, while 29 were in the red.

Shares of YES Bank, Reliance Power, UCO Bank, Suzlon Energy and PNB were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Precision Camshaft, Likhitha Infra, Camlin Fine Sc, Aptech and Sky Gold hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Party Cruisers Ltd., Nirman Agri Genetics, Quick Heal Tech, Udayshivakumar Infra and Avalon Technologies Ltd. hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.