Shares of Bank of Baroda(up 2.06 per cent), Punjab National Bank(up 1.41 per cent), Federal Bank Ltd.(up 1.35 per cent), Au Small Finance Bank Ltd.(up 0.79 per cent) and Canara Bank(up 0.75 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.
On the other hand, IndusInd Bank Ltd.(down 1.58 per cent), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.(down 0.9 per cent) and IDFC First Bank Ltd.(down 0.76 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty Bank index closed 0.36 per cent up at 55075.1.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended up 129.55 points at 24813.45, while the BSE Sensex stood up 410.19 points at 81596.63.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 36 ended in the green, while 14 closed in the red. Shares of Vodafone Idea, Tata Teleservices, YES Bank, BEL and Trident Ltd were among the most traded shares on the NSE. Shares of AB Infrabuild, Banco Products, SecMark Consultancy, Stampede Cap(DVR)and Krishana Phoschem hit their fresh 52-week highs in today’s trade, while Music Broadcast, Lasa Supergenerics, Chembond Chem, HCL Infosystems and Kamdhenu hit their fresh 52-week lows.