Stock market update: Nifty Bank index advances 0.02% in an upbeat market
Bandhan Bank Ltd.(up 5.04 per cent), IDFC First Bank Ltd.(up 0.85 per cent), Federal Bank Ltd.(up 0.78 per cent), IndusInd Bank Ltd.(up 0.6 per cent) and Au Small Finance Bank Ltd.(up 0.38 per cent) were among the top gainers.
Axis Bank Ltd.(down 0.66 per cent), Bank of Baroda(down 0.2 per cent), State Bank of India(down 0.13 per cent), ICICI Bank Ltd.(down 0.05 per cent) and HDFC Bank Ltd.(down 0.01 per cent) were the top losers on the index.
The Nifty Bank index was up 0.02 per cent at 47739.85 at the time of writing this report.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 126.7 points at 21309.4, while the BSE Sensex was up 436.35 points at 70950.55.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 33 were trading in the green, while 17 were in the red.
Shares of Indian Railway Fin, Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, Infibeam Avenues and Indian Renewable were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
