Shares of IndusInd Bank Ltd.(up 1.47 per cent), Canara Bank(up 0.85 per cent), IDFC First Bank Ltd.(up 0.69 per cent), Bank of Baroda(up 0.36 per cent) and Punjab National Bank(up 0.21 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.
On the other hand, Au Small Finance Bank Ltd.(down 1.33 per cent), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.(down 1.1 per cent), HDFC Bank Ltd.(down 0.63 per cent), ICICI Bank Ltd.(down 0.31 per cent) and State Bank of India(down 0.14 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty Bank index closed 0.25 per cent down at 54801.3.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended up 88.56 points at 24666.9, while the BSE Sensex stood up 182.34 points at 81330.56.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 38 ended in the green, while 12 closed in the red. Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, Suzlon Energy, Tata Steel and Reliance Power were among the most traded shares on the NSE. Shares of Kanpur Plastip, Stampede Cap(DVR), Fusion Micro Finance(PP), Authum Investment and SBFC Finance hit their fresh 52-week highs in today’s trade, while Raymond, Godha Cabcon & Insul, Career Point, Aether Industries and Jai Balaji Inds hit their fresh 52-week lows.