HDFC Bank(up 0.19 per cent) were among the top gainers.
IDFCBANK(down 2.94 per cent), AU Small Finance Bank(down 1.85 per cent), Punjab National Bank(down 1.74 per cent), RBLBANK(down 1.74 per cent) and Federal Bank(down 1.68 per cent) were the top losers on the index.
The Nifty Bank index was down 0.47 per cent at 39497.65 at the time of writing this report.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 20.3 points at 18456.75, while the BSE Sensex was down 25.75 points at 61739.84.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 15 were trading in the green, while 35 were in the red.
Shares of Vodafone Idea, Tata Power, PNB, YES Bank and Bank of Baroda were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Paras Defence and Space Technologies Ltd., Speciality Rest, TTK Prestige, L&T Infotech and Indian Energy Exchg hit their fresh 52-week highs in today’s trade, while Nandani Creation, Servotech Power Syst, Inventure Grwth, Coastal Corp and Marine Electricals hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.