Stock market update: Nifty Bank index advances 0.43% in an upbeat market

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Bank index traded positive around 10:04AM(IST)on Tuesday in an upbeat market.

Bandhan Bank(up 2.14 per cent), RBLBANK(up 2.09 per cent), IDFCBANK(up 1.08 per cent), Axis Bank(up 0.81 per cent) and Punjab National Bank(up 0.81 per cent) were among the top gainers.

AU Small Finance Bank(down 0.52 per cent) and IndusInd Bank(down 0.03 per cent) were the top losers on the index.

The Nifty Bank index was up 0.43 per cent at 35209.2 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 101.2 points at 17187.45, while the BSE Sensex was up 330.34 points at 57750.58.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 46 were trading in the green, while 3 were in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, RBL Bank, YES Bank, GMR Infra and PNB were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Foce India Ltd., Supriya Lifescience Ltd., Shiva Mills, MPS Infotecnics and Smartlink Holdings hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Vikas Multicorp(PP)and DCM Shriram Ind hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.