Stock market update: Nifty Bank index advances 0.94% in an upbeat market

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Bank index traded positive around 10:40AM(IST)on Monday in an upbeat market.

AU Small Finance Bank(up 2.29 per cent), IndusInd Bank(up 2.18 per cent), IDFCBANK(up 2.1 per cent), Federal Bank(up 1.85 per cent) and State Bank of India(up 1.12 per cent) were among the top gainers.

Bandhan Bank(down 0.02 per cent) were the top losers on the index.


The Nifty Bank index was up 0.94 per cent at 33944.5 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 181.1 points at 15880.35, while the BSE Sensex was up 594.19 points at 53322.17.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 48 were trading in the green, while 2 were in the red.

Shares of Zomato Ltd., Vodafone Idea, Brightcom Group, YES Bank and IDFC First Bank were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Marathon Nextgen, Sterling Tools, Wendt India, Voltamp Trans and Spacenet Enterprise hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Vaxtex Cotfab, Bombay Rayon, Aakash Exploration, JMT Auto and Dhani Ibull Ventures hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.