Share market update: Media shares rise; Eros International jumps 5%

NEW DELHI: Media shares were trading with gains in Friday's afternoon session.

Shares of Eros International Media (up 4.83 per cent) , PVR (up 4.26 per cent) , Dish TV India (up 3.36 per cent) and Inox Leisure (up 2.79 per cent) were the top gainers in the index.

Jagran Prakashan (up 0.74 per cent) , DB Corp (up 0.52 per cent) , Network 18 Media & Investments (up 0.45 per cent) and Zee Entertainment Enterprises (up 0.12 per cent) too were trading higher.

The Nifty Media index was trading 0.97 per cent up at 1901.60 around 12:05 pm.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 57.35 points at 10,905.25 while the BSE Sensex was up 220.62 points at 36,865.04.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 32 were trading in the green, while 18 were in the red.

Shares of YES Bank, Tata Motors, Dish TV India, Vodafone Idea, DLF, Indiabulls Housing Finance, Ashok Leyland, JSPL, Bank of Baroda and Coal India were among the most traded shares on the NSE.