Shares of Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.(up 1.81 per cent), IndusInd Bank Ltd.(up 0.33 per cent), Axis Bank Ltd.(up 0.28 per cent) and ICICI Bank Ltd.(up 0.16 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.
On the other hand, Punjab National Bank(down 4.15 per cent), Au Small Finance Bank Ltd.(down 3.81 per cent), Bandhan Bank Ltd.(down 2.57 per cent), IDFC First Bank Ltd.(down 0.66 per cent) and Bank of Baroda(down 0.4 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty Bank index closed 0.11 per cent down at 52811.3.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended up 175.71 points at 24044.5, while the BSE Sensex stood up 568.93 points at 79243.18.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 37 ended in the green, while 13 closed in the red.
Shares of Vodafone Idea, India Cements, PNB, YES Bank and Zee Ent. were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Burnpur Cement, GRP Ltd, Route Mobile, KDDL Ltd and Hindustan Comp hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Filatex Fashions, Akme Fintrade(India, SecUR Credentials, SEL Manufacturing Co and Baid Leasing hit their fresh 52-week lows.