HDFC Bank (up 0.79 per cent), Axis Bank (up 0.6 per cent), State Bank of India (up 0.6 per cent), Federal Bank (up 0.58 per cent) and ICICI Bank (up 0.49 per cent) were among the top gainers.
Bandhan Bank (down 0.79 per cent) were the top losers on the index.
The Nifty Bank index was up 0.52 per cent at 34712.0 at the time of writing this report.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 66.15 points at 15775.55, while the BSE Sensex was up 222.61 points at 52666.32.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 29 were trading in the green, while 21 were in the red.
Shares of Vodafone Idea, Trident Ltd, SAIL, Suzlon Energy and Zomato Ltd. were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Tatva Chintan Pharma Chem Ltd., N R Agarwal Ind, Nahar Capital, Shiva Texyarn and MPS Ltd hit their fresh 52-week highs in today’s trade, while Walpar Nutritions Ltd., Viceroy Hotels, Madhav Copper, Alembic Pharma and Suryoday Small Finance Bank Ltd. hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.
