Stock market update: Nifty Bank index falls 0.09% in an upbeat market

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

HDFC Bank (up 0.57 per cent), Kotak Mahindra Bank (up 0.24 per cent), Punjab National Bank (up 0.13 per cent), RBLBANK (up 0.08 per cent) and ICICI Bank (up 0.01 per cent) were among the top gainers.

State Bank of India (down 1.2 per cent), Bandhan Bank (down 0.83 per cent), IDFCBANK (down 0.82 per cent), Axis Bank (down 0.71 per cent) and AU Small Finance Bank (down 0.57 per cent) were the top losers on the index.

The Nifty Bank index was down 0.09 per cent at 37737.9 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 50.6 points at 17873.55, while the BSE Sensex was up 194.37 points at 60079.73.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 23 were trading in the green, while 27 were in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, Zee Ent., BHEL, ONGC and YES Bank were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of KPR Mill, Sansera Engineering Ltd., Saksoft Ltd, KHFM Hospitality and Oberoi Realty hit their fresh 52-week highs in today’s trade, while Suvidhaa Infoserve Ltd. hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.

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