Share market update: Private bank shares slip; YES Bank among top losers

NEW DELHI: Shares of private sector banks were trading lower in Wednesday's afternoon session.

Shares of RBL Bank (down 1.29 per cent), IDFC First Bank (down 0.99 per cent), YES Bank (down 0.78 per cent)and ICICI Bank (down 0.41 per cent) were the top losers in the index.

South Indian Bank (down 0.38 per cent), Axis Bank (down 0.36 per cent)and Federal Bank (down 0.30 per cent) too were trading in the red.

Meanwhile, the Nifty Private Bank index was trading 0.06 per cent up at 15,339.70 around 02:14 pm.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 21.25 points at 10,852.65 while the BSE Sensex was up 66.38 points at 36,220.

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

Shares of Sun Pharma, YES Bank, Adani Ports SEZ, Zee Entertainment, ITC, Ashok Leyland, SAIL, SBI, Vodafone Idea and ICICI Bank were among the most traded shares on the NSE.