Stock market update: Nifty Bank index advances 0.15%
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Shares of Punjab National Bank(up 3.5 per cent), IndusInd Bank Ltd.(up 3.41 per cent), Au Small Finance Bank Ltd.(up 2.9 per cent), Bank of Baroda(up 2.82 per cent) and State Bank of India(up 2.19 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.
On the other hand, ICICI Bank Ltd.(down 2.91 per cent), Axis Bank Ltd.(down 2.77 per cent) and IDFC First Bank Ltd.(down 2.69 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty Bank index closed 0.15 per cent up at 45082.4.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended up 215.16 points at 21453.95, while the BSE Sensex stood up 689.76 points at 71060.31.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 41 ended in the green, while 9 closed in the red.
Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, South Indian Bnk, Indian Railway Fin and NHPC were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of IFCI, Trans & Rectif, MTNL, Manaksia Aluminium and Avonmore Capital & hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while ideaForge Technology, Orient Bell, Astec Lifesc, Rajratan Global and Blue Coast Hotel hit their fresh 52-week lows.
