Stock market update: Bank stocks gain; Kotak Bank climbs over 1%

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
NEW DELHI: Stocks of banking firms were in the green in Friday's morning trade. Shares of Kotak Mahindra Bank (up 1.48 per cent), State
Bank of India (up 0.92 per cent), Bank of Baroda (up 0.77 per cent), Yes Bank (up 0.74 per cent) and Punjab National Bank (up 0.72 per cent)
were among the top gainers
While IndusInd Bank (down 0.53 per cent), ICICI Bank (down 0.41 per cent) and Axis Bank (down 0.16 per cent) were the top losers in the
index
The Nifty Bank index was trading 0.36 per cent up at 32,206.9 around 10:07 am
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 51.40 points at 12,267.3, while the BSE Sensex was up 162.25 points at 41,614.6
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 38 were trading in the green, while 10 were in the red
Shares of YES Bank, Vodafone Idea, Bharti Airtel, Tata Motors, SBI, GMR Infra, SAIL, NBCC , Bank of Baroda and Indiabulls Housing were
among the most traded shares on the NSE.