Punjab National Bank(up 4.23 per cent), IDFCBANK(up 3.65 per cent), AU Small Finance Bank(up 3.12 per cent), RBLBANK(up 1.58 per cent) and State Bank of India(up 1.52 per cent) were among the top gainers.
ICICI Bank(down 1.16 per cent), Axis Bank(down 0.85 per cent) and Kotak Mahindra Bank(down 0.12 per cent) were the top losers on the index.
The Nifty Bank index was up 0.19 per cent at 41272.15 at the time of writing this report.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 128.55 points at 18253.95, while the BSE Sensex was up 401.09 points at 61368.14.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 43 were trading in the green, while 7 were in the red.
Shares of Vodafone Idea, PNB, Tata Power, YES Bank and Bank of Baroda were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Mahickra Chemicals, Arihant Found, TCI Express, Home First Finance Company India Ltd. and Ushanti Colour Chem hit their fresh 52-week highs in today’s trade, while D K Enterprises Global Ltd., SREI Infra Fin, Suvidhaa Infoserve Ltd., JMT Auto and Stylam Ind hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.
