Shares of AU Small Finance Bank (up 4.75 per cent), HDFC Bank (up 1.44 per cent), Bandhan Bank (up 0.57 per cent), Axis Bank (up 0.53 per cent) and ICICI Bank (up 0.47 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.
On the other hand, RBLBANK (down 1.74 per cent), Federal Bank (down 1.61 per cent), Punjab National Bank (down 0.86 per cent) and IDFCBANK (down 0.74 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty Bank index closed 0.67 per cent up at 35907.65.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended up 70.25 points at 15924.2, while the BSE Sensex stood up 254.8 points at 53158.85.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 26 ended in the green, while 24 closed in the red.
Shares of YES Bank, Suzlon Energy, Vodafone Idea, SAIL and PNB were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Datamatics Glob, Shyam Century Ferro, Sobha, L&T Tech and Alkali Metals hit their fresh 52-week highs in today’s trade, while Walpar Nutritions Ltd., SVP Global, Suryoday Small Finance Bank Ltd. and SKS Textiles hit their fresh 52-week lows.
