Stock market update: Nifty Bank index advances 0.01%

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Bank index closed on a positive note on Friday.

Shares of AU Small Finance Bank(up 1.42 per cent), Federal Bank(up 1.15 per cent), Bandhan Bank(up 0.93 per cent), Punjab National Bank(up 0.49 per cent) and State Bank of India(up 0.41 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.

On the other hand, IDFCBANK(down 1.11 per cent), ICICI Bank(down 0.81 per cent), IndusInd Bank(down 0.22 per cent), Bank of Baroda(down 0.09 per cent) and Axis Bank(down 0.05 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.


The Nifty Bank index closed 0.01 per cent up at 41559.4.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended down 36.95 points at 17856.5, while the BSE Sensex stood down 123.52 points at 60682.7.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 25 ended in the green, while 25 closed in the red.

Shares of Zomato Ltd., YES Bank, Suzlon Energy, Vodafone Idea and Tata Steel were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of BF Investment, Mold Tek Tech, Geekay Wires, Uniphos Enter and SKM Egg Prod hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Mangalam Global Ent, Megasoft, Reliance Chemo, Lux Ind. and Everest Kanto hit their fresh 52-week lows.