Shares of Sun TV Network (up 3.29 per cent), Navneet Education Ltd (up 2.83 per cent), TV18 Broadcast (up 1.87 per cent), DB Corp (up 1.29 per cent) and Network 18 Fincap (up 1.22 per cent) were among the top gainers.
While Dish TV India (down 0.43 per cent) was the sole loser in the index.
The Nifty Media index was trading 1.47 per cent up at 1670.4 around 02:31PM.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 184.00 points at 15166.0, while the BSE Sensex was up 520.72 points at 51302.41.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 36 were trading in the green, while 14 were in the red.
Shares of BHEL, Vodafone Idea, PNB, Coal India Ltd and Tata Power were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Hindustan Copper, Tata Chemicals, NBCC , BHEL and Adani Ports SEZ hit their fresh 52-week high in today’s trade, while Marine Electricals (India) Ltd. hit fresh 52-week low in trade.
