Shares of State Bank of India(up 0.7 per cent) and IndusInd Bank Ltd.(up 0.08 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.
On the other hand, Punjab National Bank(down 2.47 per cent), Axis Bank Ltd.(down 1.86 per cent), HDFC Bank Ltd.(down 1.57 per cent), Au Small Finance Bank Ltd.(down 1.37 per cent) and Bandhan Bank Ltd.(down 1.33 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty Bank index closed 0.99 per cent down at 51288.8.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended down 221.46 points at 24749.85, while the BSE Sensex stood down 494.75 points at 81006.61.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 10 ended in the green, while 40 closed in the red. Shares of Vodafone Idea, JP Power, YES Bank, NALCO and Suzlon Energy were among the most traded shares on the NSE. Shares of Banaras Beads, Manba Finance, Hind Rectifiers, Raghav Productivity and Nalwa Sons Invst hit their fresh 52-week highs in today’s trade, while Akshar Spintex, MEP Infrastructure, SecUR Credentials, Stampede Cap and Keerti Knowledge hit their fresh 52-week lows.