Stock market update: Nifty Bank index advances 0.21% in an upbeat market

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Bank index traded positive around 10:34AM(IST)on Tuesday in an upbeat market.

Bank of Baroda(up 1.3 per cent), Axis Bank(up 0.65 per cent), AU Small Finance Bank(up 0.56 per cent), Punjab National Bank(up 0.32 per cent) and HDFC Bank(up 0.27 per cent) were among the top gainers.

Bandhan Bank(down 0.43 per cent), Kotak Mahindra Bank(down 0.36 per cent), IndusInd Bank(down 0.29 per cent) and IDFCBANK(down 0.14 per cent) were the top losers on the index.

The Nifty Bank index was up 0.21 per cent at 35432.0 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 5.05 points at 16283.55, while the BSE Sensex was up 36.42 points at 54557.57.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 26 were trading in the green, while 24 were in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, Suzlon Energy, YES Bank, SAIL and ONGC were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of GE Shipping, Aether Industries Ltd., Safari Ind, Latteys Industries and International Constructions Ltd. hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while NGL Fine Chem, Vikas Proppant & Gr, Radha Madhav, Aakash Exploration and Jeena Sikho Lifecare Ltd. hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.