Stock market update: Media stocks gain; Jagran Prakashan climbs nearly 4%

NEW DELHI: Media stocks were trading in the green zone at 11:39AM (IST) on Friday.

Shares of Jagran Prakashan (up 3.59 per cent), DB Corp (up 1.68 per cent), Zee Entertainment (up 0.96 per cent), PVR (up 0.81 per cent) and Inox Leisure (up 0.69 per cent) were among the top gainers.

While Navneet Education Ltd (down 1.55 per cent), Dish TV India (down 1.19 per cent), Sun TV Network (down 0.92 per cent), TV Today Network (down 0.76 per cent) and Network 18 Fincap (down 0.49 per cent) were the top losers in the index.

The Nifty Media index was trading 0.42 per cent up at 1424.1 around 11:39AM.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 28.50 points at 11328.95, while the BSE Sensex was up 102.83 points at 38413.32.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 32 were trading in the green, while 18 were in the red.

Shares of YES Bank, Vodafone Idea, Ashok Leyland, Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd. and Tata Motors were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Lupin, KIOCL Ltd., Birlasoft, APL Apollo Tube and Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. hit their fresh 52 week high in today's trade, while Mittal Life Style Ltd. and Uniinfo Telecom Services Ltd. hit fresh 52 week low in trade.