Shares of HDFC Bank Ltd.(up 2.11 per cent), Axis Bank Ltd.(up 1.67 per cent), Au Small Finance Bank Ltd.(up 1.57 per cent), ICICI Bank Ltd.(up 0.94 per cent) and IndusInd Bank Ltd.(up 0.76 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.
On the other hand, State Bank of India(down 0.38 per cent), IDFC First Bank Ltd.(down 0.28 per cent) and Federal Bank Ltd.(down 0.19 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty Bank index closed 1.03 per cent up at 57206.7.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended up 304.25 points at 25549.0, while the BSE Sensex stood up 1000.36 points at 83755.87.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 42 ended in the green, while 8 closed in the red. Shares of Vodafone Idea, Alok Industries, RattanIndia Power, YES Bank and Suzlon Energy were among the most traded shares on the NSE. Shares of Ishan Dyes Chem, Lumax Auto Tech, Prabha Energy, Nuvama Wealth Mgmt and Indosolar Ltd hit their fresh 52-week highs in today’s trade, while Sadhana Nitro, Osia Hyper Retail, Uma Exports, Twentyfirst Cent and Gensol Engg hit their fresh 52-week lows.