Share market update: Bank shares gain; IDFC First Bank climbs 3%

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
NEW DELHI: Bank shares were trading in the positive zone in Friday's morning session. Shares of IDFC First Bank (up 3.72 per cent), Bank of
Baroda (up 3.06 per cent), RBL Bank (up 2.07 per cent) and Punjab National Bank (up 1.89 per cent) were the top performers in the index
Federal Bank (up 1.03 per cent), State Bank of India (up 1.00 per cent), YES Bank (up 0.74 per cent) and ICICI Bank (up 0.60 per cent) too
were trading higher
The Nifty Bank index was trading 0.35 per cent up at 29,143.80 around 09:52 am
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 4.60 points at 11,247.55 while the BSE Sensex was down 23.75 points at 37,807.23
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 24 were trading in the green, while 25 were in the red
Shares of Tata Motors, Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, Bank of Baroda, Vedanta, Dish TV India, IDFC First Bank, PNB, Ashok Leyland and SAIL were
among the most traded shares on the NSE.