Share market update: PSU bank shares advance; PNB gains 2%

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
NEW DELHI: Shares of PSU banks were trading with gains in Friday's morning session. Shares of Punjab National Bank (up 1.66 per cent) ,
Canara Bank (up 1.15 per cent) , Bank of Baroda (up 1.01 per cent) and Bank of India (up 0.62 per cent) were the top performers in the index
Oriental Bank of Commerce (up 0.60 per cent) , Union Bank of India (up 0.35 per cent) and State Bank of India (up 0.06 per cent) too were
trading higher
The Nifty PSU Bank index was trading 0.67 per cent up at 2581.85 around 11:02 am
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 27.10 points at 11,941.30, while the BSE Sensex was down 90.47 points at 40,484.70
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 25 were trading in the green, while 25 were in the red
Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, Zee Ent, NCC, SAIL, SBI, GMR Infra, Infosys and Tata Motors were among the most traded shares on the NSE