Stock market update: Nifty Bank index falls 0.48%
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Shares of Punjab National Bank(up 2.26 per cent), IndusInd Bank Ltd.(up 1.42 per cent), ICICI Bank Ltd.(up 1.08 per cent) and IDFC First Bank Ltd.(up 0.57 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.
On the other hand, Au Small Finance Bank Ltd.(down 3.99 per cent), Axis Bank Ltd.(down 1.6 per cent), Bandhan Bank Ltd.(down 1.54 per cent), HDFC Bank Ltd.(down 1.45 per cent) and Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.(down 1.13 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty Bank index closed 0.48 per cent down at 44866.15.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended down 101.36 points at 21352.6, while the BSE Sensex stood down 359.64 points at 70700.67.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 16 ended in the green, while 32 closed in the red.
Shares of Vodafone Idea, NBCC, Infibeam Avenues, YES Bank and NHPC were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Biofil Chem, Emmbi Industries, Malu Paper Mill, Oswal Agro Mill and Shemaroo Entertain hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Nxtdigital, Lords Chloro, Medicamen Bio, Navin Fluorine and Rajratan Global hit their fresh 52-week lows.
