State Bank of India (up 1.94 per cent), AU Small Finance Bank (up 1.6 per cent), Punjab National Bank (up 1.14 per cent), ICICI Bank (up 1.02 per cent) and IndusInd Bank (up 0.89 per cent) were among the top gainers.
Bandhan Bank (down 1.02 per cent), Axis Bank (down 0.9 per cent) and Kotak Mahindra Bank (down 0.38 per cent) were the top losers on the index.
The Nifty Bank index was up 0.58 per cent at 35152.75 at the time of writing this report.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 47.55 points at 15872.0, while the BSE Sensex was up 120.94 points at 52973.21.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 32 were trading in the green, while 18 were in the red.
Shares of Zomato Ltd., Suzlon Energy, Vodafone Idea, YES Bank and SAIL were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of KPI Global Infra, United Nilgiri Tea, Shreyans Ind, Premier Poly and GNA Axles hit their fresh 52-week highs in today’s trade, while Alembic Pharma, Walpar Nutritions Ltd., PVP Ventures Ltd., Keerti Knowledge and RIL (PP) hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.
