Stock market update: Nifty Bank index falls 0.06% in a weak market
Bank of Baroda(up 1.59 per cent), Bandhan Bank Ltd.(up 1.34 per cent), State Bank of India(up 1.05 per cent), Punjab National Bank(up 0.73 per cent) and Au Small Finance Bank Ltd.(up 0.53 per cent) were among the top gainers.
ICICI Bank Ltd.(down 0.72 per cent), HDFC Bank Ltd.(down 0.37 per cent), Federal Bank Ltd.(down 0.2 per cent) and Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.(down 0.12 per cent) were the top losers on the index.
The Nifty Bank index was down 0.06 per cent at 44596.65 at the time of writing this report.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 64.75 points at 19677.6, while the BSE Sensex was down 167.62 points at 66062.62.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 14 were trading in the green, while 36 were in the red.
Shares of IOB, JP Power, YES Bank, Union Bank India and SJVN were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Sonu Infratech, PNB Gilts, Gujarat Ambuja, IFCI and Giriraj Civil Devolp hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Jiwanram Sheoduttrai, Jalan Transolutions, FutureLifestyleFash, Pramara Promotions and Prolife Industries hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.
