Stock market update: Nifty Bank index advances 0.37%

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

Shares of Punjab National Bank(up 5.22 per cent), IDFCBANK(up 3.34 per cent), Federal Bank(up 3.04 per cent), State Bank of India(up 1.93 per cent) and IndusInd Bank(up 0.86 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.

On the other hand, Kotak Mahindra Bank(down 0.51 per cent), HDFC Bank(down 0.44 per cent) and AU Small Finance Bank(down 0.32 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.

The Nifty Bank index closed 0.37 per cent up at 41298.35.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended down 30.15 points at 18052.7, while the BSE Sensex stood down 69.68 points at 60836.41.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 25 ended in the green, while 23 closed in the red.

Shares of YES Bank, PNB, UCO Bank, and were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of , , , Rites and hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while , Cyber Media Research & Services Ltd., Rel Capital, and hit their fresh 52-week lows.