MUMBAI (Reuters) - The Nifty rose nearly 2 percent on Wednesday to its highest intraday level since January 2011 as lenders such as ICICI Bank rallied on rising rate cut hopes after the central bank governor said he was taking note of falling inflation.
The RBI will take note of falling inflation when discussing potential interest rate cuts, governor Duvvuri Subbarao said on Tuesday, adding he was very happy about the falling inflation.
The comments come after data on Tuesday showed headline wholesale inflation fell below 5 percent in April, dropping within the central bank's comfort zone.
ICICI Bank Ltd gained 2.3 percent, while HDFC Bank rose 2.5 percent.
The Nifty gained 1.9 percent, after earlier hitting its highest intraday level since January 2011.
The benchmark BSE Sensex was also up 1.9 percent.
(Reporting by Abhishek Vishnoi)