Shares of Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.(up 0.54 per cent), Bandhan Bank Ltd.(up 0.51 per cent), ICICI Bank Ltd.(up 0.16 per cent) and Au Small Finance Bank Ltd.(up 0.13 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.
On the other hand, Punjab National Bank(down 2.1 per cent), Bank of Baroda(down 2.06 per cent), Federal Bank Ltd.(down 1.32 per cent), State Bank of India(down 0.89 per cent) and IDFC First Bank Ltd.(down 0.45 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty Bank index closed 0.24 per cent down at 51661.45.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended down 65.91 points at 23501.1, while the BSE Sensex stood down 269.03 points at 77209.9.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 19 ended in the green, while 31 closed in the red.
Shares of Vodafone Idea, Suzlon Energy, YES Bank, Indian Railway Fin and Indian Renewable were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Peria Karamalai Tea, Hester Biosc, Shradha Infraproject, LGB Forge and Thangamayil Jewellery hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Suumaya Lifestyle, SecUR Credentials, Allcargo Logistics, Future Supply Chain and GIR Natureview hit their fresh 52-week lows.