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.