Stock market update: Nifty Bank index advances 0.9%

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Bank index closed on a positive note on Monday.

Shares of AU Small Finance Bank (up 4.89 per cent), RBLBANK (up 2.48 per cent), Bandhan Bank (up 1.7 per cent), HDFC Bank (up 1.47 per cent) and State Bank of India (up 1.33 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.

On the other hand, IndusInd Bank (down 1.06 per cent), IDFCBANK (down 0.53 per cent) and Axis Bank (down 0.14 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.

The Nifty Bank index closed 0.9 per cent up at 38171.25.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended up 1.9 points at 17855.1, while the BSE Sensex stood up 29.41 points at 60077.88.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 26 ended in the green, while 24 closed in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, Tata Motors, YES Bank, Zee Ent. and Indian Hotels were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of EIH Associated, India Glycols, EIH, Chalet Hotels and Marathon Nextgen hit their fresh 52-week highs in today’s trade, while DU Digital Technologies Ltd., Shanti Overseas (Ind, Jiya Eco Products Lt, Synergy Green Ind and Suvidhaa Infoserve Ltd. hit their fresh 52-week lows.

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