Stock market update: Nifty Bank index advances 0.84%

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

Shares of IDFCBANK(up 2.88 per cent), HDFC Bank(up 2.45 per cent), Axis Bank(up 2.34 per cent), IndusInd Bank(up 1.34 per cent) and Kotak Mahindra Bank(up 0.58 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.

On the other hand, State Bank of India(down 2.01 per cent), Punjab National Bank(down 0.6 per cent) and ICICI Bank(down 0.15 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.

The Nifty Bank index closed 0.84 per cent up at 38237.4.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended up 127.6 points at 17525.1, while the BSE Sensex stood up 465.14 points at 58853.07.

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

Shares of Zomato Ltd., YES Bank, JP Power, and were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Ltd., Cool Caps Industries Ltd., , and hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while , , , and hit their fresh 52-week lows.