Shares of ICICI Bank Ltd.(up 0.77 per cent), HDFC Bank Ltd.(up 0.2 per cent) and IDFC First Bank Ltd.(up 0.03 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.
On the other hand, Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.(down 7.44 per cent), IndusInd Bank Ltd.(down 2.63 per cent), Punjab National Bank(down 1.5 per cent), Bank of Baroda(down 1.28 per cent) and State Bank of India(down 1.17 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty Bank index closed 0.79 per cent down at 56084.9.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended down 156.1 points at 24680.9, while the BSE Sensex stood down 572.07 points at 80891.02.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 16 ended in the green, while 34 closed in the red. Shares of Vodafone Idea, Ola Electric Mobilit, PC Jeweller, Indian Energy Exchg and Suzlon Energy were among the most traded shares on the NSE. Shares of Vimta Labs, Sudarshan Chemical, Times Guaranty, CarTrade Tech and UPL (PP)hit their fresh 52-week highs in today’s trade, while Stampede Cap, Future Consumer, Supreme Holdings, Supreme Engineering and Reliance Comm hit their fresh 52-week lows.