Stock market update: Nifty Bank index advances 0.23% in an upbeat market

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Bank index traded positive around 10:14AM(IST)on Tuesday in an upbeat market.

Bank of Baroda(up 1.79 per cent), Federal Bank(up 1.58 per cent), Punjab National Bank(up 0.97 per cent), IDFCBANK(up 0.74 per cent) and Axis Bank(up 0.63 per cent) were among the top gainers.

Bandhan Bank(down 1.05 per cent), Kotak Mahindra Bank(down 0.71 per cent), AU Small Finance Bank(down 0.69 per cent) and IndusInd Bank(down 0.41 per cent) were the top losers on the index.

The Nifty Bank index was up 0.23 per cent at 38704.85 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 15.3 points at 17031.6, while the BSE Sensex was up 100.15 points at 57245.37.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 25 were trading in the green, while 25 were in the red.

Shares of Suzlon Energy, JP Power, Tata Steel, Zomato Ltd. and Vodafone Idea were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Shree Tirupati Balaj, Regency Ceramic, Bombay Super Hybrid, Mask Investments and Fourth Dimension Sol hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Mega Flex Plastics Ltd., Viviana Power Tech Ltd., MEP Infrastructure, Debock Sales & Mktg and Ishan International Ltd. hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.