The Nifty Bank index was trading 0.21 per cent up at 40021.9.

Biden told reporters that he has been thinking about personnel decisions, including whether to re-nominate Fed Chair Jerome Powell, and that he expected there would be "plenty of time" for his central bank nominees to be cleared by the Senate before current terms expire.

Promoters held 0.0 per cent stake in the company as of 30-Sep-2021, while FII and DII ownership stood at 19.14 per cent and 2.65 per cent, respectively.

“One needs to be very choosy in small banks because one has seen what happens if you pick up a small franchise and something goes wrong over there.”

Lux Industries Ltd., incorporated in the year 1995, is a Mid Cap company (having a market cap of Rs 11575.64 Crore) operating in Apparels sector.

The stock traded at a P/E multiple of -64.47, while the price-to-book value ratio stood at 3.36.

Among the key positives in Airtel results included steady Ebitda despite no tariff hikes, healthy show in the Africa geography, strong data traffic volumes and superior network capacity.

The Nifty Auto index closed 0.88 per cent up at 11521.25.

SBI is seen reporting a loan growth of 8.1 per cent YoY to Rs 24,80,546.20 crore and deposit growth of 8.6 per cent at Rs 37,69,359.80 crore. Credit cost is seen at 1.4 per cent.

Bitcoin, the new “Big B” among Millennials, is flexing its muscles. Its price recently hit Rs 50 lakh in India. Going by this trend, Indian investors might even buy digital tokens instead of gold during Diwali.