Stock market update: Nifty Bank index advances 0.17% in an upbeat market

economictimes.indiatimes.com:

Bandhan Bank(up 1.58 per cent), Federal Bank(up 0.98 per cent), Axis Bank(up 0.6 per cent), Punjab National Bank(up 0.6 per cent) and AU Small Finance Bank(up 0.42 per cent) were among the top gainers. IndusInd Bank(down 1.81 per cent), Bank of Baroda(down 0.63 per cent), HDFC Bank(down 0.52 per cent), IDFCBANK(down 0.25 per cent) and State Bank of India(down 0.07 per cent) were the top losers on the index.

The Nifty Bank index was up 0.17 per cent at 45227.95 at the time of writing this report. Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 59.95 points at 19458.45, while the BSE Sensex was up 197.32 points at 65643.36.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 30 were trading in the green, while 20 were in the red. Shares of Suzlon Energy, YES Bank, Reliance Power, PNB and Bank of Maharashtra were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Magson Retail & Dist, Essen Speciality Fil, Greenchef Appliances, RPP Infra Proj and Action Const. hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Uravi T and Wedge, Rachana Infrastructu, Cell Point(India), Kshitij Polyline and Sumeet Ind hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.