Axis Bank Ltd.(up 1.67 per cent), Punjab National Bank(up 1.27 per cent), IDFC First Bank Ltd.(up 1.14 per cent), IndusInd Bank Ltd.(up 0.92 per cent) and State Bank of India(up 0.87 per cent) were among the top gainers.
Bank of Baroda(down 2.41 per cent) were the top losers on the index.
The Nifty Bank index was up 0.53 per cent at 56056.3 at the time of writing this report.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 76.9 points at 24827.8, while the BSE Sensex was up 226.8 points at 81668.84.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 35 were trading in the green, while 15 were in the red. Shares of Vodafone Idea, Reliance Power, YES Bank, Suzlon Energy and HFCL were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Peria Karamalai Tea, Indef Manufacturing, Manaksia Coated, Reliance Home Fin and Lumax Ind hit their fresh 52-week highs in today’s trade, while Navkar Builders, Lakshmi Precis, Prostarm Info System, Uniinfo Telecom Serv and BSL Ltd hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.
