Stock market update: Nifty Bank index advances 0.97% in an upbeat market

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Bank index traded positive around 11:10AM(IST)on Thursday in an upbeat market.

Bank of Baroda(up 4.52 per cent), IndusInd Bank(up 2.15 per cent), Punjab National Bank(up 1.67 per cent), Kotak Mahindra Bank(up 1.5 per cent) and ICICI Bank(up 1.13 per cent) were among the top gainers.

Axis Bank(down 0.43 per cent) were the top losers on the index.


The Nifty Bank index was up 0.97 per cent at 34658.2 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 103.7 points at 16093.5, while the BSE Sensex was up 336.61 points at 54087.58.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 40 were trading in the green, while 9 were in the red.

Shares of Bank of Baroda, Zomato Ltd., ONGC, Vodafone Idea and Suzlon Energy were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of PC Jeweller, AAA Technologies, Rajratan Global, Kewal Kiran Clo and Aether Industries Ltd. hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Suumaya Lifestyle, Parsvnath Dev., Andhra Cements, Viceroy Hotels and Future Consumer hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.