Stock market update: Nifty Bank index falls 0.33%

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

Shares of State Bank of India(up 0.81 per cent) and IDFCBANK(up 0.23 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.

On the other hand, Bandhan Bank(down 1.38 per cent), Bank of Baroda(down 1.06 per cent), Punjab National Bank(down 1.04 per cent), AU Small Finance Bank(down 0.83 per cent) and Axis Bank(down 0.73 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.

The Nifty Bank index closed 0.33 per cent down at 43946.4.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended up 30.45 points at 19465.0, while the BSE Sensex stood up 137.5 points at 65539.42.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 25 ended in the green, while 25 closed in the red.

Shares of Indian Railway Fin, SBFC Finance, Reliance Power, Vodafone Idea and IOB were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of SBFC Finance, Texmo Pipe Prod, GRSE, Cochin Shipyard and Krishca Strapping So hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Goldstar Power, Synoptics Technologi, BKM Industries, Genesys Intnl and Oriana Power hit their fresh 52-week lows.