Bandhan Bank (up 2.57 per cent), RBLBANK (up 2.24 per cent), Axis Bank (up 1.78 per cent), Federal Bank (up 1.54 per cent) and State Bank of India (up 1.41 per cent) were among the top gainers.
were the top losers on the index.
The Nifty Bank index was up 1.19 per cent at 36052.05 at the time of writing this report.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 164.95 points at 16870.15, while the BSE Sensex was up 573.03 points at 56697.75.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 45 were trading in the green, while 5 were in the red.
Shares of NALCO, Suzlon Energy, Vodafone Idea, YES Bank and SAIL were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Madhya Bharat Agro, Pritika Auto Ind, Punjab Chemical, Datamatics Glob and Stove Kraft Ltd. hit their fresh 52-week highs in today’s trade, while Transwind Infrastruc, Autolite India, Network People Services Technologies Ltd., Keerti Knowledge and DQ Entertainmnt hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.