Stock market update: Nifty Financial Services index falls; Bajaj Holdings loses nearly 2%

NEW DELHI: Nifty Financial Services index was trading lower at 11:14AM (IST) on Friday.

Shares of Shriram Transport Finance (up 2.39 per cent), Cholamandalam Investment & Finance (up 1.53 per cent), HDFC Asset Management Company (up 0.93 per cent), Mahindra & Mahindra Financial (up 0.86 per cent) and Kotak Mahindra Bank (up 0.51 per cent) were among the top gainers.

While Bajaj Holdings & Investment (down 1.55 per cent), ICICI Pru Life (down 1.48 per cent), SBI Life (down 1.45 per cent), HDFC Life Insurance (down 1.35 per cent) and ICICI Lombard (down 1.32 per cent) were the top losers in the index.

The Nifty Financial Services index was trading 0.12 per cent down at 10964.95 around 11:14AM.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 25.65 points at 11326.1, while the BSE Sensex was up 93.34 points at 38403.83.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 28 were trading in the green, while 22 were in the red.

Shares of YES Bank, Vodafone Idea, Ashok Leyland, Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd. and Tata Motors were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Lupin, Birlasoft, KIOCL Ltd., APL Apollo Tube and Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. hit their fresh 52 week high in today's trade, while Mittal Life Style Ltd. and Uniinfo Telecom Services Ltd. hit fresh 52 week low in trade.