Stock market update: Nifty Bank index advances 1.38% in an upbeat market

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Bank index traded positive around 10:19AM(IST)on Tuesday in an upbeat market.

IDFC First Bank Ltd.(up 2.93 per cent), Federal Bank Ltd.(up 2.79 per cent), State Bank of India(up 2.56 per cent), Bank of Baroda(up 2.43 per cent) and Punjab National Bank(up 1.97 per cent) were among the top gainers.

were the top losers on the index.


The Nifty Bank index was up 1.38 per cent at 47070.2 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 128.6 points at 20815.4, while the BSE Sensex was up 417.95 points at 69283.07.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 32 were trading in the green, while 18 were in the red.

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

Shares of Spencer's Retail, Shradha Infraproject, ENIL, Hind Const Co and Netweb Technologies hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Raj Rayon, Winsome Yarns, ASK Automotive, SEL Manufact and Touchwood Entertainm hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.