Shares of Punjab National Bank(up 3.92 per cent), Bank of Baroda(up 3.09 per cent), Canara Bank(up 2.91 per cent), Federal Bank Ltd.(up 2.27 per cent) and State Bank of India(up 1.86 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.
On the other hand, Axis Bank Ltd.(down 2.12 per cent), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.(down 2.02 per cent), ICICI Bank Ltd.(down 1.13 per cent) and HDFC Bank Ltd.(down 0.67 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty Bank index closed 0.23 per cent down at 57312.75.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended down 120.75 points at 25517.05, while the BSE Sensex stood down 452.44 points at 83606.46.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 20 ended in the green, while 30 closed in the red. Shares of Vodafone Idea, RattanIndia Power, Suzlon Energy, JP Power and YES Bank were among the most traded shares on the NSE. Shares of Euro India Fresh, Sanofi Consumer Heal, Force Motors, Indef Manufacturing and Banco Products hit their fresh 52-week highs in today’s trade, while Rajoo Engineers, SKIL Infrastructure, Sadhana Nitro, CMI Ltd and Varanium Cloud hit their fresh 52-week lows.