Stock market update: Nifty Bank index falls 0.24%

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

Shares of ICICI Bank(up 0.7 per cent), Bandhan Bank(up 0.4 per cent), Axis Bank(up 0.29 per cent), AU Small Finance Bank(up 0.23 per cent) and Kotak Mahindra Bank(up 0.15 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.

On the other hand, State Bank of India(down 2.33 per cent), Bank of Baroda(down 2.02 per cent), IndusInd Bank(down 0.6 per cent), HDFC Bank(down 0.49 per cent) and Punjab National Bank(down 0.32 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.

The Nifty Bank index closed 0.24 per cent down at 44090.95.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended up 6.25 points at 19434.55, while the BSE Sensex stood up 79.27 points at 65401.92.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 22 ended in the green, while 27 closed in the red.

Shares of Indian Railway Fin, Suzlon Energy, Bank of Maharashtra, YES Bank and Vodafone Idea were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Agri-Tech(India), Technocraft Ind, GRSE, Zota Healthcare and RS Software hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Genesys Intnl, Reliance Home Fin, CMI Ltd, Allcargo Terminals and Richa Info Systems L hit their fresh 52-week lows.