Stock market update: Nifty Bank index advances 0.4%

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

Shares of Bank of Baroda(up 1.45 per cent), Kotak Mahindra Bank(up 1.07 per cent), Bandhan Bank(up 0.79 per cent), HDFC Bank(up 0.75 per cent) and IndusInd Bank(up 0.72 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.

On the other hand, AU Small Finance Bank(down 2.52 per cent), State Bank of India(down 0.92 per cent), IDFCBANK(down 0.72 per cent) and Punjab National Bank(down 0.16 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.

The Nifty Bank index closed 0.4 per cent up at 35085.45.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended up 121.85 points at 16478.1, while the BSE Sensex stood up 427.79 points at 55320.28.

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

Shares of Suzlon Energy, Vodafone Idea, MRPL, Zomato Ltd. and TV18 Broadcast were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Tree House Edu, Global Education, Time Technoplast, KPI Global Infra and Rolex Rings hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Jagran Prakashan, Krishna Defence and Allied Industries Ltd., Vaxtex Cotfab, Akash Infra-Proj and Sadbhav Infra hit their fresh 52-week lows.