Shares of Federal Bank Ltd.(up 2.45 per cent), Au Small Finance Bank Ltd.(up 1.35 per cent) and Punjab National Bank(up 0.91 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.
On the other hand, IDFC First Bank Ltd.(down 2.49 per cent), IndusInd Bank Ltd.(down 1.46 per cent), Axis Bank Ltd.(down 1.09 per cent), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.(down 0.93 per cent) and ICICI Bank Ltd.(down 0.87 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty Bank index closed 0.54 per cent down at 55599.95.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended down 174.1 points at 24542.5, while the BSE Sensex stood down 636.24 points at 80737.51.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 7 ended in the green, while 43 closed in the red. Shares of YES Bank, Vodafone Idea, Ola Electric Mobilit, Reliance Power and Suzlon Energy were among the most traded shares on the NSE. Shares of GRSE, FIEM Industries, Aegis Vopak Terminal, Mangalore Chem and Radico Khaitan hit their fresh 52-week highs in today’s trade, while Capital Infra Trust, Aakash Exploration, Osia Hyper Retail, Signpost India and Ganga Forging hit their fresh 52-week lows.
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