Stock market update: Nifty Bank index advances 1.0% in an upbeat market

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Bank index traded positive around 10:31AM(IST)on Tuesday in an upbeat market.

Canara Bank(up 2.94 per cent), Bank of Baroda(up 2.36 per cent), Punjab National Bank(up 2.15 per cent), State Bank of India(up 1.66 per cent) and HDFC Bank Ltd.(up 1.18 per cent) were among the top gainers.

IndusInd Bank Ltd.(down 1.11 per cent) were the top losers on the index.


The Nifty Bank index was up 1.0 per cent at 56619.25 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 261.85 points at 25233.75, while the BSE Sensex was up 872.08 points at 82768.87.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 45 were trading in the green, while 5 were in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, RattanIndia Power, NTPC, JP Power and YES Bank were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Sumeet Ind, Indosolar Ltd, Niraj Ispat Ind., Prabha Energy and Madhya Bharat Agro hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Osia Hyper Retail, Sadhana Nitro, Regency Ceramic, Lasa Supergenerics and Picturepost Studios hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.