A 91.60 per cent gain propelled the state-owned lender to the eighth place in the top 20 Indian banks by market capitalization as of September 30, from rank 14 three months ago.
Five other public sector banks rose in the market cap rankings over the previous quarter.
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Bank of India market cap grew 48.64 per cent, pushing it up one spot.
HDFC Bank, which merged with its housing finance parent Housing Development Finance Corp. Ltd. on July 1, remained the biggest Indian bank by market capitalization.The market cap of the combined company grew 21.63 per cent in the third quarter.
Nineteen of the top 20 Indian banks saw their market cap increase.
Kotak Mahindra Bank was the only lender in the list to see a drop in its market capitalization, which fell 6.02 per cent.
India's midsize state-owned banks saw a surge in market capitalization in the third quarter, catching up with the rally in the stocks of bigger rivals, due to improving metrics and a solid economic growth outlook, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence data & analysis.
--IANS
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