Stock market update: Nifty Bank index falls 0.25% in a weak market

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Bank index traded negative around 10:04AM(IST)on Monday in a weak market.

IDFCBANK(up 1.44 per cent), IndusInd Bank(up 0.56 per cent), Bandhan Bank(up 0.31 per cent) and State Bank of India(up 0.07 per cent) were among the top gainers.

HDFC Bank(down 0.6 per cent), Axis Bank(down 0.6 per cent), Kotak Mahindra Bank(down 0.49 per cent), Bank of Baroda(down 0.41 per cent) and AU Small Finance Bank(down 0.12 per cent) were the top losers on the index.

The Nifty Bank index was down 0.25 per cent at 42997.05 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 96.85 points at 18599.25, while the BSE Sensex was down 334.91 points at 62533.59.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 10 were trading in the green, while 40 were in the red.

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

Shares of Vasa Retail & Overse, , , and hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while , , , Bombay Rayon and Premier Ltd hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.