Stock market update: Nifty Bank index advances 0.6%
Shares of Federal Bank(up 2.27 per cent), Punjab National Bank(up 1.63 per cent), HDFC Bank(up 1.04 per cent), Axis Bank(up 0.72 per cent) and Kotak Mahindra Bank(up 0.65 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.
On the other hand, Bandhan Bank(down 0.42 per cent) and IDFCBANK(down 0.05 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty Bank index closed 0.6 per cent up at 44494.65.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended up 40.25 points at 19306.05, while the BSE Sensex stood up 110.09 points at 64996.6.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 29 ended in the green, while 21 closed in the red.
Shares of Vodafone Idea, JP Power, Suzlon Energy, Zomato and Ibull Housing Fin were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Lords Chloro, A G Universal, Sahana System, Ravinder Heights and Manugraph India hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Kshitij Polyline, Cerebra Integrat, Shekhawati Poly, Setubandhan Infra and Shrenik hit their fresh 52-week lows.
