Shares of IDFC First Bank Ltd.(up 7.12 per cent), Au Small Finance Bank Ltd.(up 4.1 per cent), Axis Bank Ltd.(up 3.08 per cent), IndusInd Bank Ltd.(up 2.45 per cent) and Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.(up 1.65 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.
On the other hand, Bank of Baroda(down 1.78 per cent) and Canara Bank(down 0.58 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty Bank index closed 1.47 per cent up at 56578.4.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended up 252.15 points at 25003.05, while the BSE Sensex stood up 746.95 points at 82188.99.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 45 ended in the green, while 5 closed in the red. Shares of Vodafone Idea, Reliance Power, IDFC First Bank, YES Bank and JP Power were among the most traded shares on the NSE. Shares of Indef Manufacturing, Godrej Ind., Peria Karamalai Tea, Shree Global and Manaksia Coated hit their fresh 52-week highs in today’s trade, while Shree Ram Proteins, Navkar Builders, Prostarm Info System, BSL Ltd and Shrem InvIT hit their fresh 52-week lows.
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