Stock market update: Nifty Bank index falls 0.03% in an upbeat market
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NEW DELHI: The Nifty Bank index traded negative around 10:33AM(IST)on Monday in an upbeat market.Canara Bank(up 1.66 per cent), ICICI Bank Ltd.(up 0.88 per cent), HDFC Bank Ltd.(up 0.69 per cent), Bank of Baroda(up 0.67 per cent) and Federal Bank Ltd.(up 0.59 per cent) were among the top gainers.Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.(down 6.4 per cent), Axis Bank Ltd.(down 0.42 per cent) and IndusInd Bank Ltd.(down 0.11 per cent) were the top losers on the index.The Nifty Bank index was down 0.03 per cent at 56511.1 at the time of writing this report.Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 27.85 points at 24864.85, while the BSE Sensex was up 37.25 points at 81500.34.Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 34 were trading in the green, while 16 were in the red.Shares of Vodafone Idea, Ola Electric Mobilit, Indian Energy Exchg, PC Jeweller and JP Power were among the most traded shares on the NSE.Shares of Times Guaranty, Manorama Ind, Shree Pushkar Chem, Laurus Labs and Gallantt Metal hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Stampede Cap, JITF Infralogistics, Supreme Engineering, Reliance Comm and Marshall Machines hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.
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