Ravneet Gill takes charge as YES Bank's CEO; stock up 3%

At 03:12 pm, YES Bank, the top gainer in the S&P BSE Sensex pack, was trading 2.79 per cent higher at Rs 237.65 apiece.

Shares of YES Bank was up 3 per cent to Rs 238 on the BSE on Friday after the private sector lender said that Ravneet Gill has joined as Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer (MD & CEO) with effect from today, March 1, 2019.

YES Bank was the largest gainer in the benchmark index S&P BSE Sensex, which was up 0.55 per cent at 36,064 at the fag-end of the session.

Since February 13, 2019, the stock of YES Bank has rallied 41 per cent from level of Rs 169 after the bank said the Reserve Bank