Stock market update: Nifty Bank index advances 0.81%

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

Shares of Punjab National Bank(up 3.78 per cent), IndusInd Bank Ltd.(up 2.96 per cent), Bank of Baroda(up 2.35 per cent), IDFC First Bank Ltd.(up 2.04 per cent) and Federal Bank Ltd.(up 1.7 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.

On the other hand, ICICI Bank Ltd.(down 0.25 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.

The Nifty Bank index closed 0.81 per cent up at 46684.9.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended up 172.86 points at 22011.95, while the BSE Sensex stood up 539.5 points at 72641.19.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 43 ended in the green, while 7 closed in the red.

Shares of YES Bank, Vodafone Idea, Tata Steel, SAIL and NHPC were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of The Hi-Tech Gears, eMudhra, Rico Auto, Reliance Infra and ABB Power hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Medico Remedies, Vaxtex Cotfab, M K Proteins, SCI Land and Assets and Compuage Infocom hit their fresh 52-week lows.