Shares of IndusInd Bank Ltd.(up 2.59 per cent), ICICI Bank Ltd.(up 1.61 per cent), State Bank of India(up 1.05 per cent), Bank of Baroda(up 0.84 per cent) and IDFC First Bank Ltd.(up 0.64 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.
On the other hand, Au Small Finance Bank Ltd.(down 1.31 per cent), Federal Bank Ltd.(down 0.78 per cent), Axis Bank Ltd.(down 0.69 per cent), HDFC Bank Ltd.(down 0.35 per cent) and Canara Bank(down 0.09 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty Bank index closed 0.41 per cent up at 57443.9.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended up 88.8 points at 25637.8, while the BSE Sensex stood up 303.03 points at 84058.9.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 27 ended in the green, while 23 closed in the red. Shares of Vodafone Idea, RattanIndia Power, Suzlon Energy, YES Bank and Eternal were among the most traded shares on the NSE. Shares of Sangam(India), NDR Auto Components, Shree Global, LT Foods and Narayana Hruday hit their fresh 52-week highs in today’s trade, while Supreme Holdings, Digitide Solutions Ltd., Bodhi Tree Multimedia, Osia Hyper Retail and Sadhana Nitro hit their fresh 52-week lows.