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    Stock market update: Nifty Bank index advances 1.49%

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    The Nifty Bank index closed 1.49 per cent up at 36738.95.

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    India 10-year bond yield declined 0.40 per cent to 5.98 after trading in 5.98 -6.04 range.
    NEW DELHI: The Nifty Bank index closed on a positive note on Friday.

    Shares of HDFC Bank(up 2.33 per cent), Axis Bank(up 2.12 per cent), Bank of Baroda(up 1.89 per cent), ICICI Bank(up 1.79 per cent) and Kotak Mahindra Bank(up 1.47 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.

    On the other hand, AU Small Finance Bank(down 0.75 per cent), IndusInd Bank(down 0.6 per cent) and Punjab National Bank(down 0.16 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.

    The Nifty Bank index closed 1.49 per cent up at 36738.95.

    Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended up 114.2 points at 16719.45, while the BSE Sensex stood up 390.28 points at 56072.23.

    Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 32 ended in the green, while 17 closed in the red.

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

    Shares of NDTV, Sree Rayalaseema, Navkar Corp, Richa Info Systems Ltd. and Butterfly Gandhi hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Vikas Proppant & Gr, Future Retail, DRC Systems India Ltd., Gayatri Project and MIC Electronics hit their fresh 52-week lows.



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