The Nifty Bank index closed 0.72 per cent down at 52189.3.
NEW DELHI: The Nifty Bank index closed on a negative note on Wednesday.Shares of Federal Bank Ltd.(up 0.49 per cent) and Axis Bank Ltd.(up 0.18 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.
On the other hand, Bandhan Bank Ltd.(down 4.15 per cent), Punjab National Bank(down 2.6 per cent), Bank of Baroda(down 1.97 per cent), Au Small Finance Bank Ltd.(down 1.58 per cent) and State Bank of India(down 1.43 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty Bank index closed 0.72 per cent down at 52189.3.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended down 108.75 points at 24324.45, while the BSE Sensex stood down 426.87 points at 79924.77.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 23 ended in the green, while 27 closed in the red.
Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, Rail Vikas Nigam, IRFC and IRB Infra Dev. were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of NDR Auto Components, Shoppers Stop, GE Power India, IZMO and Talbros Auto hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Sah Polymers, SecUR Credentials, Praxis Home Retail, MEP Infrastructure and Filatex Fashions hit their fresh 52-week lows.
Source: Stocks-Markets-Economic Times