Financial stocks in focus; PNB Housing, DHFL, HDFC up over 5%

Indiabulls Housing, UCO Bank, JM Financial Services, Repco Home Finance, HDFC, IndusInd Bank, Edelweiss Financial Services and Bharat Financial Service were up more than 4%.

Shares of financial stocks including banks, housing finance and non-banking finance companies were in focus, rallying up to 12% on the bourses in intra-day trade erasing their entire early morning losses. Nifty Financial Services and Nifty PSU Bank indices were up 2% each as compared to 1.4% rise in the Nifty 50 index. Nifty Bank and Nifty Private Bank were up 1% each on the NSE.

PNB Housing Finance, Dewan Housing Finance Corporation (DHFL), Indiabulls Housing Finance, UCO Bank, JM Financial Services, Repco Home Finance, Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC), IndusInd Bank, Edelweiss Financial Services and Bharat Financial Services