Stock market update: Nifty Bank index advances 0.32% in a weak market

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Bank index traded positive around 10:09AM(IST)on Tuesday in a weak market.

ICICI Bank(up 1.51 per cent), State Bank of India(up 0.69 per cent), Bandhan Bank(up 0.46 per cent), AU Small Finance Bank(up 0.21 per cent) and IndusInd Bank(up 0.19 per cent) were among the top gainers.

Kotak Mahindra Bank(down 0.43 per cent), HDFC Bank(down 0.31 per cent), IDFCBANK(down 0.17 per cent), Punjab National Bank(down 0.11 per cent) and Axis Bank(down 0.08 per cent) were the top losers on the index.

The Nifty Bank index was up 0.32 per cent at 42213.45 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 21.4 points at 18307.75, while the BSE Sensex was down 68.69 points at 61555.46.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 18 were trading in the green, while 31 were in the red.

Shares of , Zomato Ltd., , YES Bank and Ltd. were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of , , , Shreyans Ind and hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while , RSWM Ltd, , Vital Chemtech Ltd. and hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.