NEW DELHI: The Nifty Bank index traded positive around 10:39AM(IST) on Friday in an upbeat market. Bandhan Bank Ltd.(up 2.44 per cent), Bank of Baroda(up 1.42 per cent), State Bank of India(up 1.11 per cent), Punjab National Bank(up 1.06 per cent) and Federal Bank Ltd.(up 0.89 per cent) were among the top gainers. Axis Bank Ltd.(down 0.18 per cent) were the top losers on the index. The Nifty Bank index was up 0.59 per cent at 44564.0 at the time of writing this report. Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 73.35 points at 19596.9, while the BSE Sensex was up 194.74 points at 65703.06. Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 36 were trading in the green, while 13 were in the red. Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, JP Power, IOB and IFCI were among the most traded shares on the NSE. Shares of Zodiac Clothing, Puravankara, Eris Lifesciences, Aurobindo Pharma and Yatra Online hit their fresh 52-week highs in today’s trade, while Navin Fluorine, CMM Infraprojects, FutureLifestyleFash, Delta Corp and Shree Ram Proteins hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.
