Stock market update: Nifty Bank index advances 0.21% in a weak market

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Bank index traded positive around 11:20AM(IST)on Tuesday in a weak market.

Punjab National Bank(up 1.41 per cent), Bank of Baroda(up 1.4 per cent), Axis Bank(up 0.9 per cent), Federal Bank(up 0.63 per cent) and Bandhan Bank(up 0.5 per cent) were among the top gainers.

IDFCBANK(down 0.46 per cent), IndusInd Bank(down 0.41 per cent) and HDFC Bank(down 0.11 per cent) were the top losers on the index.

The Nifty Bank index was up 0.21 per cent at 44930.35 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 44.9 points at 19552.4, while the BSE Sensex was down 143.79 points at 65809.69.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 13 were trading in the green, while 37 were in the red.

Shares of Indian Railway Fin, Vodafone Idea, Zomato, Reliance Power and Suzlon Energy were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Sabar Flex India, Banco Products, RateGain Travel Tech, Hisar Metal Ind and D.K. Enterprises Glo hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while BKM Industries, Synoptics Technologi, Richa Info Systems L, Advitiya Trade India and Vinny Overseas hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.