Canara Bank(up 1.22 per cent), ICICI Bank Ltd.(up 0.62 per cent), Federal Bank Ltd.(up 0.52 per cent), Punjab National Bank(up 0.42 per cent) and Bank of Baroda(up 0.4 per cent) were among the top gainers.
Au Small Finance Bank Ltd.(down 1.11 per cent) and IndusInd Bank Ltd.(down 0.12 per cent) were the top losers on the index.
The Nifty Bank index was up 0.26 per cent at 55085.7 at the time of writing this report.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 175.91 points at 24754.25, while the BSE Sensex was up 495.85 points at 81644.07.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 42 were trading in the green, while 8 were in the red. Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, Tata Steel, Suzlon Energy and Reliance Power were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Stampede Cap(DVR), Kanpur Plastip, Authum Investment, Mazagon Dock Ship and Paradeep Phosphates hit their fresh 52-week highs in today’s trade, while Gujarat Lease, Godha Cabcon & Insul, Career Point, Aether Industries and Ebixcash World Money hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.