Stock market update: Nifty Bank index falls 0.09%

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

Shares of Bandhan Bank(up 1.54 per cent), IDFCBANK(up 1.38 per cent), Punjab National Bank(up 0.52 per cent), HDFC Bank(up 0.42 per cent) and Federal Bank(up 0.39 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.

On the other hand, Axis Bank(down 1.2 per cent), State Bank of India(down 0.93 per cent), AU Small Finance Bank(down 0.72 per cent), IndusInd Bank(down 0.39 per cent) and ICICI Bank(down 0.18 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.

The Nifty Bank index closed 0.09 per cent down at 40269.05.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended down 88.75 points at 17303.95, while the BSE Sensex stood down 326.23 points at 58962.12.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 16 ended in the green, while 34 closed in the red.

Shares of YES Bank, Bank of Baroda, CG Power & Ind., Tata Steel and Vodafone Idea were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Foseco India, Sonu Infratech Ltd., Triveni Turbine, Vera Synthetic and Abhishek Integrations Ltd. hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Share India Sec, Krebs Biochem, Future Consumer, Kridhan Infra and Rollatainers Ltd hit their fresh 52-week lows.