Shares of ICICI Bank Ltd.(up 0.16 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.
On the other hand, Bank of Baroda(down 10.13 per cent), Punjab National Bank(down 4.96 per cent), Canara Bank(down 4.92 per cent), IDFC First Bank Ltd.(down 2.24 per cent) and Federal Bank Ltd.(down 2.21 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty Bank index closed 1.18 per cent down at 54271.4.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended down 81.56 points at 24379.6, while the BSE Sensex stood down 155.77 points at 80641.07.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 19 ended in the green, while 31 closed in the red. Shares of YES Bank, Vodafone Idea, Suzlon Energy, Bank of Baroda and Reliance Power were among the most traded shares on the NSE. Shares of Chambal Fertilisers, Reliance Naval & Engg, Ceat, Cura Tech and Bharti Airtel hit their fresh 52-week highs in today’s trade, while Century Enka, Vineet Laboratories, Hilton Metal, Vedant Fashions and Poddar Pigments hit their fresh 52-week lows.