Stock market update: Nifty Bank index advances 0.09% in a weak market
Federal Bank(up 1.36 per cent), Bank of Baroda(up 0.92 per cent), IDFCBANK(up 0.87 per cent), Axis Bank(up 0.77 per cent) and AU Small Finance Bank(up 0.63 per cent) were among the top gainers.
IndusInd Bank(down 0.55 per cent), Kotak Mahindra Bank(down 0.35 per cent) and HDFC Bank(down 0.2 per cent) were the top losers on the index.
The Nifty Bank index was up 0.09 per cent at 44034.75 at the time of writing this report.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 2.85 points at 19393.6, while the BSE Sensex was down 15.9 points at 65204.13.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 25 were trading in the green, while 25 were in the red.
Shares of Suzlon Energy, YES Bank, Reliance Power, Alok Industries and Easy Trip Planners were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Country Club Hospit, AB Cotspin India, DB Realty, Birla Cable and VELS Film Internatio hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Jio Financial Servic, Allcargo Terminals, Rachana Infrastructu, Rajnandini Metal and Yasons Chemex Care hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.
