Stock market update: Nifty Bank index advances 1.02%

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

Shares of Punjab National Bank(up 3.8 per cent), IndusInd Bank Ltd.(up 2.78 per cent), Bandhan Bank Ltd.(up 2.39 per cent), Bank of Baroda(up 1.84 per cent) and Axis Bank Ltd.(up 1.81 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.

On the other hand, Federal Bank Ltd.(down 0.1 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.


The Nifty Bank index closed 1.02 per cent up at 44436.1.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended up 181.5 points at 19435.3, while the BSE Sensex stood up 555.75 points at 65387.16.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 41 ended in the green, while 9 closed in the red.

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

Shares of Integrated Personnel, Pokarna Ltd, Rossell India, Railtel Corp and HLV Ltd. hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while GNA Axles, Penta Gold, Sanco Industries, FutureLifestyleFash and Orient Bell hit their fresh 52-week lows.