Bank of Baroda(up 1.41 per cent), State Bank of India(up 1.14 per cent), Punjab National Bank(up 1.07 per cent), ICICI Bank Ltd.(up 0.61 per cent) and IndusInd Bank Ltd.(up 0.6 per cent) were among the top gainers.
Au Small Finance Bank Ltd.(down 1.15 per cent), HDFC Bank Ltd.(down 0.74 per cent), Axis Bank Ltd.(down 0.73 per cent), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.(down 0.59 per cent) and Federal Bank Ltd.(down 0.01 per cent) were the top losers on the index.
The Nifty Bank index was up 0.01 per cent at 57211.95 at the time of writing this report.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 26.16 points at 25575.15, while the BSE Sensex was up 92.38 points at 83848.25.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 30 were trading in the green, while 20 were in the red. Shares of Vodafone Idea, RattanIndia Power, YES Bank, RattanIndia Infra and JP Power were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Niraj Ispat Ind., Indosolar Ltd, Sumeet Ind, Shree Global and Affle(India)hit their fresh 52-week highs in today’s trade, while Osia Hyper Retail, Sadhana Nitro, Gensol Engg, Twentyfirst Cent and Capital Trust hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.