Stock market update: Nifty Bank index falls 0.38% in an upbeat market

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

HDFC Bank(up 0.26 per cent), Federal Bank(up 0.1 per cent) and Kotak Mahindra Bank(up 0.09 per cent) were among the top gainers.

AU Small Finance Bank(down 2.61 per cent), IDFCBANK(down 1.33 per cent), Bank of Baroda(down 1.33 per cent), Punjab National Bank(down 0.99 per cent) and Axis Bank(down 0.86 per cent) were the top losers on the index.

The Nifty Bank index was down 0.38 per cent at 34520.5 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 14.6 points at 15953.25, while the BSE Sensex was up 35.15 points at 53451.3.

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

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

Shares of PC Jeweller, Lumax Auto Tech, Sonam Clock, GRP Ltd and International Constructions Ltd. hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Suumaya Lifestyle, Karda Const, Electrotherm, Policy Bazaar and Wipro hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.