Stock market update: Nifty Bank index advances 0.09%

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

Shares of Bank of Baroda(up 1.91 per cent), Kotak Mahindra Bank(up 1.78 per cent), Punjab National Bank(up 1.28 per cent), State Bank of India(up 0.65 per cent) and Axis Bank(up 0.21 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.

On the other hand, Bandhan Bank(down 3.63 per cent), IndusInd Bank(down 1.85 per cent), AU Small Finance Bank(down 1.09 per cent), IDFCBANK(down 1.02 per cent) and ICICI Bank(down 0.17 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.

The Nifty Bank index closed 0.09 per cent up at 38987.15.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended up 36.45 points at 17558.9, while the BSE Sensex stood up 59.15 points at 58833.87.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 35 ended in the green, while 15 closed in the red.

Shares of Reliance Power, RBL Bank, Vodafone Idea, Zomato Ltd. and Suzlon Energy were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Syrma SGS Technology Ltd., Vinyl Chemicals, Anik Industries, Mazagon Dock Ship and Reliance Infra hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Jalan Transolutions, GVK Power Infra, Sportking India, Vipul Ltd and Future Enterprises hit their fresh 52-week lows.