Shares of IDFC First Bank Ltd.(up 1.77 per cent), IndusInd Bank Ltd.(up 1.76 per cent) and Federal Bank Ltd.(up 1.27 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.
On the other hand, Au Small Finance Bank Ltd.(down 1.95 per cent), ICICI Bank Ltd.(down 1.48 per cent), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.(down 1.46 per cent), Axis Bank Ltd.(down 1.39 per cent) and Punjab National Bank(down 1.36 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty Bank index closed 0.98 per cent at 51807.50.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended down 126.0 points at 24340.85, while the BSE Sensex stood 426.85 points at 79942.18.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 20 ended in the green, while 30 closed in the red. Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, IRFC, IDFC First Bank and Suzlon Energy were among the most traded shares on the NSE. Shares of Gala Precision Engin, Jagsonpal Pharm, T T Ltd, Poly Medicure and UTI AMC hit their fresh 52-week highs in today’s trade, while Shankar Lal Rampal, Akshar Spintex, OCCL Ltd., Zenith Exports and Sheela Foam hit their fresh 52-week lows.