NEW DELHI: Shares of media firms were trading on a mixed note in Tuesday's session.

Shares of Inox Leisure (up 5.82 per cent), Zee Entertainment (up 4.87 per cent), PVR (up 4.25 per cent), Balaji Telefilms (up 2.87 per cent) and Sun TV Network (up 2.04 per cent) were among the top gainers.

While Zee Media Corporation (down 4.35 per cent), Dish TV India (down 1.86 per cent), Network 18 Fincap (down 1.68 per cent) and Jagran Prakashan (down 0.35 per cent) were the top losers in the index.

The Nifty Media index was trading 2.76 per cent up at 1,638.75 around 11:05 am.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 99.45 points at 11,232.2, while the BSE Sensex was up 281.78 points at 38,425.8.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 43 were trading in the green, while 6 were in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, Tata Motors, SBI, Indiabulls Housing, Vedanta , PFC, Ashok Leyland, GMR Infra and Hindalco were among the most traded shares on the NSE.