Stock market update: Nifty Bank index advances 0.31%
The Nifty Bank index closed 0.31 per cent up at 50002.0.

Shares of Punjab National Bank(up 1.88 per cent), Bank of Baroda(up 1.26 per cent), Federal Bank Ltd.(up 1.25 per cent), HDFC Bank Ltd.(up 1.03 per cent) and IDFC First Bank Ltd.(up 0.7 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.
On the other hand, Au Small Finance Bank Ltd.(down 1.04 per cent), State Bank of India(down 0.56 per cent), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.(down 0.54 per cent), IndusInd Bank Ltd.(down 0.33 per cent) and ICICI Bank Ltd.(down 0.16 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty Bank index closed 0.31 per cent up at 50002.0.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended up 66.7 points at 23465.6, while the BSE Sensex stood up 181.87 points at 76992.77.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 29 ended in the green, while 21 closed in the red.
Shares of Vodafone Idea, HFCL, Shree Ren Sug, GMR Infra and YES Bank were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Paras Defence, PTC Industries, DRC Systems India, Kaya and Mazagon Dock Ship hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Kanani Inds, GIR Natureview, BDR Buildcon, IndInfravit Trust and Ahimsa Ind hit their fresh 52-week lows.
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