Stock market update: Nifty Bank index advances 0.21% in an upbeat market
Punjab National Bank(up 1.16 per cent), State Bank of India(up 0.51 per cent), Axis Bank(up 0.45 per cent), Kotak Mahindra Bank(up 0.42 per cent) and ICICI Bank(up 0.42 per cent) were among the top gainers. Bandhan Bank(down 0.96 per cent), Bank of Baroda(down 0.77 per cent), Federal Bank(down 0.67 per cent), IndusInd Bank(down 0.31 per cent) and IDFCBANK(down 0.25 per cent) were the top losers on the index.
The Nifty Bank index was up 0.21 per cent at 45020.7 at the time of writing this report. Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 75.85 points at 19407.65, while the BSE Sensex was up 236.72 points at 65517.17.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 27 were trading in the green, while 23 were in the red. Shares of Suzlon Energy, PNB, YES Bank, Reliance Power and Easy Trip Planners were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
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