Stock market update: Nifty Bank index falls 0.43%

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

Shares of HDFC Bank(up 1.09 per cent), Kotak Mahindra Bank(up 0.99 per cent), IDFCBANK(up 0.35 per cent) and ICICI Bank(up 0.02 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.

On the other hand, Axis Bank(down 3.43 per cent), Bandhan Bank(down 2.89 per cent), AU Small Finance Bank(down 2.2 per cent), Punjab National Bank(down 2.0 per cent) and IndusInd Bank(down 1.88 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.

The Nifty Bank index closed 0.43 per cent down at 41603.75.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended down 128.8 points at 18028.2, while the BSE Sensex stood down 419.85 points at 60613.7.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 11 ended in the green, while 39 closed in the red.

Shares of , PNB, , YES Bank and FSN E-Comm(Nykaa)were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of , BSL Ltd, , and hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while , , Quess Corp, and hit their fresh 52-week lows.