INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
NEW DELHI: Nifty Bank index closed the day rising over 1 per cent.
The index finished at 26,413, up 1.08 per cent on Friday, with shares of
Bank of Baroda and Axis Bank as top gainers.
Stocks such as Kotak Mahindra Bank, ICICI Bank, YES Bank and State Bank of India advanced over
1 per cent.
HDFC Bank and Federal Bank climbed almost 1 per cent.
Punjab National Bank (down 2.84 per cent) and RBL Bank (down 0.25 per
cent) were the two stocks in the bank index that remained in the red.
The equity benchmark Sensex finished day's trading 290 points, or
0.82 per cent, up at 35,536
As many as 23 stocks settled with gains, while 8 incurred losses in the index
The Nifty50 index closed 90 points, or 0.84 per cent, up at 10,807, with 38 stocks in the green and 12 in the red
For the week, both Sensex and Nifty rose by 1.78 per cent.
Asian Paints, HPCL, Vedanta and BPCL remained the top gainers in the Nifty
index.
Bharti Airtel, Sun Pharma, Titan, Tata Motors and Hero MotoCorp remained the top losers in the Nifty pack.
