Stock market update: Nifty Bank index advances 0.77%

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

Shares of AU Small Finance Bank(up 2.69 per cent), HDFC Bank(up 2.61 per cent), Kotak Mahindra Bank(up 0.94 per cent), IDFCBANK(up 0.54 per cent) and State Bank of India(up 0.53 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.

On the other hand, Bandhan Bank(down 10.1 per cent), Punjab National Bank(down 1.04 per cent) and IndusInd Bank(down 0.38 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.

The Nifty Bank index closed 0.77 per cent up at 41307.9.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended up 225.4 points at 18012.2, while the BSE Sensex stood up 786.74 points at 60746.59.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 44 ended in the green, while 6 closed in the red.

Shares of PNB, Suzlon Energy, Bandhan Bank, Zomato Ltd. and HFCL were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Weizmann Ltd, Centum Elec, Varanium Cloud Ltd., Rama Steel Tubes and Macpower CNC Machine hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Sportking India, Intellect Design, Aakash Exploration, Coastal Corp(PP)and Lloyds Luxuries Ltd. hit their fresh 52-week lows.