Stock market update: Nifty Bank index advances 0.06% in a weak market

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Bank index traded positive around 10:45AM(IST)on Wednesday in a weak market.

AU Small Finance Bank(up 2.45 per cent), ICICI Bank(up 0.72 per cent), Punjab National Bank(up 0.36 per cent), Axis Bank(up 0.23 per cent) and Bandhan Bank(up 0.14 per cent) were among the top gainers.

Kotak Mahindra Bank(down 1.27 per cent), Federal Bank(down 1.0 per cent), IndusInd Bank(down 0.37 per cent), IDFCBANK(down 0.17 per cent) and Bank of Baroda(down 0.06 per cent) were the top losers on the index.

The Nifty Bank index was up 0.06 per cent at 43164.55 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 14.45 points at 18628.3, while the BSE Sensex was down 13.95 points at 62612.41.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 16 were trading in the green, while 34 were in the red.

Shares of Central Bank, , UCO Bank, PNB and YES Bank were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of , Krishna Defence and Allied Industries Ltd., , Central Bank and hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while , DJ Mediaprint & Logi, Future Consumer and hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.