Stock market update: Nifty Bank index falls 0.76%

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Bank index closed on a negative note on Wednesday.

Shares of IndusInd Bank (up 1.74 per cent), ICICI Bank (up 1.12 per cent) and Bandhan Bank (up 0.12 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.

On the other hand, Kotak Mahindra Bank (down 2.66 per cent), Punjab National Bank (down 1.92 per cent), AU Small Finance Bank (down 1.73 per cent), RBLBANK (down 1.63 per cent) and HDFC Bank (down 1.56 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.

The Nifty Bank index closed 0.76 per cent down at 34532.9.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended down 37.05 points at 15709.4, while the BSE Sensex stood down 135.05 points at 52443.71.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 21 ended in the green, while 29 closed in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, Zomato Ltd., YES Bank, Trident Ltd and SAIL were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Synergy Green Ind, Shiva Texyarn, Golden Tobacco, Priti International and Century Texttiles hit their fresh 52-week highs in today’s trade, while Madhav Copper, PVP Ventures Ltd., Bright Solar, Viceroy Hotels and Alembic Pharma hit their fresh 52-week lows.

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