Stock market update: Nifty Bank index advances 0.73% in an upbeat market

economictimes.indiatimes.com:

Bandhan Bank Ltd.(up 2.48 per cent), Federal Bank Ltd.(up 1.37 per cent), ICICI Bank Ltd.(up 1.03 per cent), Axis Bank Ltd.(up 0.82 per cent) and Punjab National Bank(up 0.77 per cent) were among the top gainers.

were the top losers on the index.
The Nifty Bank index was up 0.73 per cent at 49650.9 at the time of writing this report.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 257.4 points at 23078.8, while the BSE Sensex was up 904.49 points at 75979.0.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 44 were trading in the green, while 6 were in the red.
Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, RattanIndia Power, IRB Infra Dev. and NHPC were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Zenith Exports, Cords Cable Ind, HPL Electric Power, AdityaBirlaMoney and Avanti Feeds hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Compuage Infocom, Neueon Towers, Ambica Agarbathi, Future Supply Chain and Keerti Knowledge hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.