Stock market update: Nifty Bank index falls 0.33% in a weak market

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Bank index traded negative around 10:34AM(IST)on Monday in a weak market.

AU Small Finance Bank(up 1.15 per cent), Kotak Mahindra Bank(up 1.04 per cent), Bank of Baroda(up 0.87 per cent), Bandhan Bank(up 0.55 per cent) and IndusInd Bank(up 0.13 per cent) were among the top gainers.

ICICI Bank(down 1.29 per cent), Punjab National Bank(down 0.78 per cent), State Bank of India(down 0.39 per cent), HDFC Bank(down 0.34 per cent) and Axis Bank(down 0.3 per cent) were the top losers on the index.

The Nifty Bank index was down 0.33 per cent at 41998.75 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 17.2 points at 18332.5, while the BSE Sensex was down 143.19 points at 61651.85.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 25 were trading in the green, while 25 were in the red.

Shares of YES Bank, Zomato Ltd., BHEL, Tata Steel and JP Power were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Phantom Digital Effects Ltd., , , Ircon Intl. and hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while , ., United Drilling, and hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.