Stock market update: Nifty Bank index advances 0.66% in an upbeat market

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Bank index traded positive around 11:22AM(IST)on Friday in an upbeat market.

Bank of Baroda(up 1.88 per cent), HDFC Bank(up 1.23 per cent), Punjab National Bank(up 1.22 per cent), IndusInd Bank(up 1.14 per cent) and IDFCBANK(up 1.09 per cent) were among the top gainers.

Kotak Mahindra Bank(down 0.27 per cent), AU Small Finance Bank(down 0.1 per cent) and Axis Bank(down 0.04 per cent) were the top losers on the index.

The Nifty Bank index was up 0.66 per cent at 42606.3 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 4.65 points at 18103.2, while the BSE Sensex was up 2.36 points at 60860.79.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 17 were trading in the green, while 32 were in the red.

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

Shares of Arihant Academy Ltd., Sterling Tools, Hisar Metal Ind, Trans & Rectif and Saksoft Ltd hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Vikas Proppant & Gr, Mercator, Venus Remedies, Kiri Industries and Relaxo Footwear hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.