Stock market update: Nifty Bank index advances 1.02%

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Bank index closed on a positive note on Wednesday. Shares of IndusInd Bank Ltd.(up 2.

9 per cent), Au Small Finance Bank Ltd.(up 1.82 per cent), HDFC Bank Ltd.



(up 1.65 per cent), Bank of Baroda(up 1.29 per cent) and Canara Bank(up 1.

23 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack. On the other hand, Federal Bank Ltd.(down 0.

17 per cent) and Axis Bank Ltd.(down 0.11 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.

The Nifty Bank index closed 1.02 per cent up at 51348.05.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended up 166.65 points at 23332.35, while the BSE Sensex stood up 592.

93 points at 76617.44. Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 30 ended in the green, while 20 closed in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, Central Bank, IDFC First Bank and Zomato were among the most traded shares on the NSE. Shares of NACL Industries, Vadilal Ind, JSW Holdings, Cura Tech and Gallantt Metal hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Punjab Sind Bank, Central Bank, Arshiya, AGS Transact Tech and Gensol Engg hit their fresh 52-week lows..