Stock market update: Nifty Bank index advances 1.45% in an upbeat market

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Bank index traded positive around 11:05AM(IST)on Tuesday in an upbeat market.

IndusInd Bank(up 3.6 per cent), AU Small Finance Bank(up 2.4 per cent), ICICI Bank(up 2.09 per cent), Bandhan Bank(up 1.88 per cent) and Axis Bank(up 1.82 per cent) were among the top gainers.

Punjab National Bank(down 0.37 per cent) were the top losers on the index.

The Nifty Bank index was up 1.45 per cent at 41496.7 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 240.1 points at 17862.35, while the BSE Sensex was up 767.86 points at 59909.09.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 49 were trading in the green, while 1 were in the red.

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

Shares of Macpower CNC Machine, D P Wires, Upsurge Seeds of Agriculture Ltd., McLeod Russel and Vesuvius India hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while MEP Infrastructure, Bafna Pharma, Debock Sales & Mktg, FutureLifestyleFash and Xelpmoc Design hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.