New Delhi, April 17 -- HDFC Bank share price and ICICI Bank share price hit their all-time levels on Thursday ahead of their Q4 results announcements. The continued rally in banking stocks supported the outperformance of the Nifty Bank index against the benchmark Nifty 50. ICICI Bank shares and HDFC Bank shares were also the top gainers on the banking index ahead of their Q4 results this weekend.

HDFC Bank share price jumped over a percent on Thursday to hit its record high, while ICICI Bank share price surged more than 2% to touch its lifetime high ahead of the Q4 results. HDFC Bank shares gained as much as 1.07% to its lifetime high of Rs.1,898.00 apiece on the BSE. Meanwhile, ICICI Bank share price also hit a record high of Rs.1,384.0...