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

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Bank index traded positive around 10:54AM(IST)on Tuesday in an upbeat market.

Bandhan Bank(up 2.02 per cent), Federal Bank(up 1.63 per cent), Bank of Baroda(up 1.45 per cent), IDFCBANK(up 1.06 per cent) and AU Small Finance Bank(up 1.05 per cent) were among the top gainers.

IndusInd Bank(down 0.45 per cent) and HDFC Bank(down 0.28 per cent) were the top losers on the index.

The Nifty Bank index was up 0.21 per cent at 33474.7 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 41.55 points at 15815.95, while the BSE Sensex was up 131.19 points at 52977.89.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 33 were trading in the green, while 17 were in the red.

Shares of RBL Bank, Vodafone Idea, Zomato Ltd., YES Bank and JP Power were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Sonu Infratech Ltd., Akshar Spintex, Kohinoor Foods, Standard Ind and Hindustan Motor hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while G R Infraprojects Ltd., E2E Networks, HPCL, Aptus Value Housing and Vijaya Diagnostic hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.