Stock market update: Nifty Bank index advances 0.32%
Shares of Au Small Finance Bank Ltd.(up 3.03 per cent), ICICI Bank Ltd.(up 2.01 per cent), Bandhan Bank Ltd.(up 1.47 per cent) and State Bank of India(up 0.61 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.
On the other hand, Bank of Baroda(down 1.8 per cent), Punjab National Bank(down 1.31 per cent), Federal Bank Ltd.(down 1.07 per cent), IDFC First Bank Ltd.(down 0.85 per cent) and IndusInd Bank Ltd.(down 0.68 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty Bank index closed 0.32 per cent up at 46535.5.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended up 81.55 points at 22122.25, while the BSE Sensex stood up 281.52 points at 72708.16.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 28 ended in the green, while 22 closed in the red.
Shares of YES Bank, Vodafone Idea, NHPC, Indian Railway Fin and HFCL were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Oriental Trimex, Pritish Nandy, MRPL, JBM Auto and BF Utilities hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Vaxtex Cotfab, Ebixcash World Money, N K Industries, Madhya Bharat Agro and Mask Investments hit their fresh 52-week lows.
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