Stock market update: Nifty Bank index falls 0.13% in a weak market

Federal Bank Ltd.(down 1.31 per cent), Punjab National Bank(down 0.84 per cent), Bandhan Bank Ltd.(down 0.5 per cent), HDFC Bank Ltd.(down 0.38 per cent) and Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.(down 0.36 per cent) were the top losers on the index.

The Nifty Bank index was down 0.13 per cent at 49168.5 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 3.46 points at 22644.75, while the BSE Sensex was down 123.18 points at 74487.93.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 24 were trading in the green, while 26 were in the red.

Shares of YES Bank, Vodafone Idea, BHEL, IFCI and NHPC were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Univastu India, Taj GVK Hotels, Arrow Greentech, Ajanta Pharma and Century Enka hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Adroit Infotech (PP), Melstar Info, Signpost India, Osia Hyper Retail and GIR Natureview hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.