Financial-led bounce in last hour of trade helped market close near day’s high. Nifty Bank outperformed & the midcap index moved higher.

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Except SBI, all Nifty Bank constituents closed in the green.

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ICICI Bank was the top gainer among the banking stocks.

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Apollo Hospitals ended the session as the top Nifty gainer.

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BPCL, Tata Steel, Divi’s Laboratories, TCS, Titan ended the session as top Nifty losers.

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RBL Bank was the top midcap gainer.

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Can Fin Bank, ABB, Bandhan Bank, IDFC First Bank, Sun TV were also among the top midcap gainers.

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The top midcap losers were Lupin, Balrampur Chini, Mphasis, HDFC AMC, Gujarat Gas.

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Paper stocks continued the gaining momentum with Ruchira Papers gaining 14%.

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