Stock market update: Nifty Bank index advances 0.02% in an upbeat market

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Bank index traded positive around 10:29AM(IST)on Wednesday in an upbeat market.

AU Small Finance Bank(up 1.48 per cent), Bandhan Bank(up 1.0 per cent), HDFC Bank(up 0.24 per cent), IDFCBANK(up 0.17 per cent) and ICICI Bank(up 0.08 per cent) were among the top gainers.

Punjab National Bank(down 0.95 per cent), Axis Bank(down 0.41 per cent), State Bank of India(down 0.24 per cent), Kotak Mahindra Bank(down 0.16 per cent) and Bank of Baroda(down 0.09 per cent) were the top losers on the index.

The Nifty Bank index was up 0.02 per cent at 43061.65 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 17.6 points at 18635.65, while the BSE Sensex was up 41.77 points at 62723.61.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 30 were trading in the green, while 18 were in the red.

Shares of Zomato Ltd., Indian Railway Finance Corporation Ltd., YES Bank, HUDCO and PNB were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of HUDCO, MPS Ltd, Likhitha Infra, Taj GVK Hotels and SBC Exports hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Sanwaria Consumer, FutureLifestyleFash, Nureca Ltd., Jump Networks and Ishan International Ltd. hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.