Stock market update: Nifty Bank index falls 0.38%
Shares of IDFC First Bank Ltd.(up 1.28 per cent), Punjab National Bank(up 0.52 per cent), HDFC Bank Ltd.(up 0.25 per cent) and State Bank of India(up 0.03 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.
On the other hand, Au Small Finance Bank Ltd.(down 1.76 per cent), Axis Bank Ltd.(down 1.05 per cent), ICICI Bank Ltd.(down 1.0 per cent), Federal Bank Ltd.(down 0.89 per cent) and Bandhan Bank Ltd.(down 0.62 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty Bank index closed 0.38 per cent down at 46834.55.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended up 82.6 points at 20937.7, while the BSE Sensex stood up 357.59 points at 69653.73.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 30 ended in the green, while 20 closed in the red.
Shares of Reliance Power, YES Bank, Vodafone Idea, JP Power and TV18 Broadcast were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Robust Hotels, BCL Industries, Rashtriya Chemicals, Madras Fert and Veranda Learning Sol hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Embassy Office, Flair Writing Indust, Raj Rayon, SEL Manufact and Winsome Yarns hit their fresh 52-week lows.
