Stock market update: Nifty Bank index advances 1.01% in an upbeat market

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Bank index traded positive around 10:45AM(IST)on Tuesday in an upbeat market.

Kotak Mahindra Bank(up 4.28 per cent), Bank of Baroda(up 2.89 per cent), State Bank of India(up 1.31 per cent), ICICI Bank(up 1.0 per cent) and Federal Bank(up 0.91 per cent) were among the top gainers.

Bandhan Bank(down 0.81 per cent), AU Small Finance Bank(down 0.47 per cent) and Axis Bank(down 0.18 per cent) were the top losers on the index.


The Nifty Bank index was up 1.01 per cent at 41247.3 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 92.15 points at 17716.2, while the BSE Sensex was up 303.99 points at 60150.5.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 40 were trading in the green, while 10 were in the red.

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

Shares of Aarti Surfactants(PP), Aki India, Srivasavi Adhesive Tapes Ltd., Kamdhenu Ventures Ltd. and Asian Hotels hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Nirman Agri Genetics, Latteys Industries and Seya Industries hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.