NEW DELHI: The Nifty Bank index closed on a positive note on Wednesday.
Shares of Axis Bank Ltd.(up 3.81 per cent), Bandhan Bank Ltd.(up 2.53 per cent), HDFC Bank Ltd.(up 1.99 per cent), ICICI Bank Ltd.(up 1.52 per cent) and Au Small Finance Bank Ltd.(up 1.5 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.
On the other hand, IDFC First Bank Ltd.(down 0.41 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty Bank index closed 1.56 per cent up at 44566.45.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended up 206.9 points at 20096.6, while the BSE Sensex stood up 727.71 points at 66901.91.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 40 ended in the green, while 9 closed in the red.
Shares of Indian Renewable, JP Power, Vodafone Idea, Reliance Power and Suzlon Energy were among the most traded shares on the NSE. Shares of Aster DM Health, Shradha Infraproject, Marksans Pharma, Torrent Power and Minda Corp. hit their fresh 52-week highs in today’s trade, while Bohra Industries, Karda Const, Fourth Dimension Sol, Raj Rayon and SEL Manufact hit their fresh 52-week lows.
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