Stock market update: Nifty Bank index advances 0.21% in an upbeat market
ADVERTISEMENT HDFC Bank Ltd.(up 0.85 per cent), IndusInd Bank Ltd.(up 0.51 per cent), ICICI Bank Ltd.(up 0.47 per cent), Canara Bank(up 0.15 per cent) and Axis Bank Ltd.(up 0.09 per cent) were among the top gainers.
Punjab National Bank(down 2.14 per cent), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.(down 1.06 per cent), Federal Bank Ltd.(down 0.29 per cent), Au Small Finance Bank Ltd.(down 0.28 per cent) and Bank of Baroda(down 0.24 per cent) were the top losers on the index.
The Nifty Bank index was up 0.21 per cent at 57117.95 at the time of writing this report. Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 97.65 points at 25551.05, while the BSE Sensex was up 322.71 points at 83732.4. Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 37 were trading in the green, while 13 were in the red.
ADVERTISEMENT Shares of Vodafone Idea, RattanIndia Power, FSN E-Comm(Nykaa), Ola Electric Mobilit and JP Power were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of TN Telecom, NACL Industries, Reliance Naval & Engg, Khaitan Chem and Niraj Ispat Ind. hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Stampede Cap(DVR), Globe Civil Projects, Raymond Realty, Palred Technologies and Ganga Forging hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.
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