Stock market update: Nifty Bank index advances 0.64%

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

Shares of IndusInd Bank(up 7.82 per cent), IDFCBANK(up 2.44 per cent), Federal Bank(up 1.95 per cent), Bank of Baroda(up 1.7 per cent) and AU Small Finance Bank(up 1.7 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.

On the other hand, Kotak Mahindra Bank(down 1.49 per cent) and HDFC Bank(down 0.32 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.


The Nifty Bank index closed 0.64 per cent up at 36201.0.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended up 84.4 points at 16605.25, while the BSE Sensex stood up 284.42 points at 55681.95.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 42 ended in the green, while 8 closed in the red.

Shares of YES Bank, Vodafone Idea, Suzlon Energy, RBL Bank and BHEL were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Hindustan Foods, Raj Television, AAA Technologies, Crown Lifters and CG Power & Ind. hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Gland Pharma, Vikas Proppant & Gr, OrissaBengalCarrier, MIC Electronics and Radhika Jeweltech hit their fresh 52-week lows.