Stock market update: Nifty Bank index falls 0.07% in an upbeat market

economictimes.indiatimes.com:

Federal Bank(up 1.93 per cent), State Bank of India(up 0.68 per cent), Punjab National Bank(up 0.49 per cent), Kotak Mahindra Bank(up 0.47 per cent) and IndusInd Bank(up 0.15 per cent) were among the top gainers. Bandhan Bank(down 2.59 per cent), IDFCBANK(down 0.85 per cent), Bank of Baroda(down 0.53 per cent), ICICI Bank(down 0.46 per cent) and Axis Bank(down 0.43 per cent) were the top losers on the index.

The Nifty Bank index was down 0.07 per cent at 44787.3 at the time of writing this report. Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 62.45 points at 19626.95, while the BSE Sensex was up 203.25 points at 66264.15.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 33 were trading in the green, while 16 were in the red. Shares of Vodafone Idea, Suzlon Energy, YES Bank, Zee Ent.

and Tata Steel were among the most traded shares on the NSE. Shares of Airan Ltd., DCM Shriram Ind, Agarwal Corp, Pix Trans and Hercules Hoists hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Setubandhan Infra, Melstar Info, Ankit Metal Pwr, Synoptics Technologi and Penta Gold hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.