Stock market update: Nifty Bank index advances 0.62%

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Bank index closed on a positive note on Tuesday. Shares of HDFC Bank Ltd.(up 1.

8 per cent), Canara Bank(up 1.68 per cent), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.(up 1.



23 per cent), Bank of Baroda(up 1.22 per cent) and Punjab National Bank(up 1.06 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.

On the other hand, IndusInd Bank Ltd.(down 4.92 per cent), Au Small Finance Bank Ltd.

(down 1.58 per cent), Axis Bank Ltd.(down 0.

51 per cent) and Federal Bank Ltd.(down 0.2 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.

The Nifty Bank index closed 0.62 per cent up at 55647.2.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended up 41.71 points at 24167.25, while the BSE Sensex stood up 187.

09 points at 79595.59. Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 13 ended in the green, while 22 closed in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, Alok Industries, RBL Bank, Suzlon Energy and YES Bank were among the most traded shares on the NSE. Shares of Vadilal Ind, Cura Tech, NACL Industries, Krishna Instt of Medical Sciences and Aavas Financiers hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while AGS Transact Tech, Gensol Engg, Globale Tessile, Dhanvarsha Finvest and Hindustan Motor hit their fresh 52-week lows..