Stock market update: Nifty Bank index advances 1.2%

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

Shares of IDFCBANK(up 5.58 per cent), IndusInd Bank(up 3.07 per cent), ICICI Bank(up 2.3 per cent), Bandhan Bank(up 2.23 per cent) and Punjab National Bank(up 1.87 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.

On the other hand, AU Small Finance Bank(down 2.67 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.


The Nifty Bank index closed 1.2 per cent up at 33940.9.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended up 83.3 points at 15835.35, while the BSE Sensex stood up 326.84 points at 53234.77.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 36 ended in the green, while 14 closed in the red.

Shares of ONGC, Zomato Ltd., IDFC First Bank, Vodafone Idea and ITC were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Motor Gen Fin, Automotive Axle, Marathon Nextgen, FIEM Industries and Silver Touch Tech hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Shekhawati Poly, CMI Ltd, Viceroy Hotels, Jindal Cotex and Parsvnath Dev. hit their fresh 52-week lows.