Stock market update: Nifty Bank index advances 0.05% in a weak market

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Bank index traded positive around 10:35AM(IST)on Tuesday in a weak market.

Bank of Baroda(up 3.87 per cent), Punjab National Bank(up 3.65 per cent), State Bank of India(up 2.2 per cent), IDFCBANK(up 1.95 per cent) and AU Small Finance Bank(up 1.23 per cent) were among the top gainers.

IndusInd Bank(down 0.83 per cent), ICICI Bank(down 0.69 per cent), Axis Bank(down 0.5 per cent), HDFC Bank(down 0.37 per cent) and Bandhan Bank(down 0.27 per cent) were the top losers on the index.

The Nifty Bank index was up 0.05 per cent at 40407.3 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 48.25 points at 17600.7, while the BSE Sensex was down 205.86 points at 59294.55.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 19 were trading in the green, while 31 were in the red.

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

Shares of Vinny Overseas, Ascom Leasing & Inve, Bombay Super Hybrid, Servotech Power Syst and Vera Synthetic hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Uma Converter Ltd., Heranba Industries Ltd., Vital Chemtech Ltd., Aarti Pharmalabs Ltd. and Rolta India hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.