Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.(up 0.07 per cent), Au Small Finance Bank Ltd.(up 0.07 per cent) and Punjab National Bank(up 0.07 per cent) were among the top gainers.
Bandhan Bank Ltd.(down 1.97 per cent), Axis Bank Ltd.(down 1.69 per cent), Federal Bank Ltd.(down 1.0 per cent), ICICI Bank Ltd.(down 0.98 per cent) and IndusInd Bank Ltd.(down 0.83 per cent) were the top losers on the index.
The Nifty Bank index was down 0.67 per cent at 51433.9 at the time of writing this report.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 70.35 points at 24408.7, while the BSE Sensex was down 242.27 points at 80186.77. Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 19 were trading in the green, while 31 were in the red. Shares of Vodafone Idea, Suzlon Energy, Hind Const Co, YES Bank and IFCI were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Agri-Tech(India), Apex Frozen Foods, Arrow Greentech, Antony Waste Handling and Avanti Feeds hit their fresh 52-week highs in today’s trade, while SAB Events & Governance, Nandani Creation, Welspun Investments, IndInfravit Trust and 3rd Rock MultiMedia hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.