With the huge surplus of core liquidity –which takes into account liquidity in the banking system and government cash balances – making the reverse repo rate the effective policy rate for money markets, SBI Economic Research points out that when other costs are taken into account, banks are facing significant pressure on margins.

Metals, IT and defensive stocks were in great demand as well. The broader market was mixed, with smallcaps under selling pressure, amid weak global cues.

“Sentiments have turned positive, things are looking up and let’s all pray we do not have a third wave. I think we are in for a good time going ahead.”

In the international market, gold was trading lower at $1,761 per ounce and silver was flat at $22.42 per ounce.

“I am not underplaying the importance of Evergrande in the Chinese financial market. It is the highest leveraged property company in the world, never mind China. But I do not think that the spread from that is going to affect the UK, France or the United States.”

The Nifty Bank index closed 0.24 per cent up at 37235.85.

Analysts said the recovery from near a short-term moving average was encouraging, but a few technical indicators are still negative, suggesting that the index may be vulnerable to selloffs.

Buying was visible on declines and Nifty50 regained strength after a halt of last two sessions. It formed a Bullish Hammer kind of candle on the daily scale and closed with a gain of around 165 points.

The state Assembly passed an amendment to the Stamp Act, 1957, slashing the stamp duty payable on flats priced Rs 35-45 lakh to 3 per cent.

MobiKwik Chairperson, co-founder and COO Upasana Taku said the number of equity shares that would arise from the full exercise of options granted implies 7 per cent of the fully diluted outstanding shares.