Stock market update: Nifty Bank index falls 0.4%

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

Shares of Axis Bank(up 0.69 per cent) and Kotak Mahindra Bank(up 0.35 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.

On the other hand, Bandhan Bank(down 3.15 per cent), Bank of Baroda(down 2.64 per cent), AU Small Finance Bank(down 2.46 per cent), State Bank of India(down 1.99 per cent) and Punjab National Bank(down 0.83 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.

The Nifty Bank index closed 0.4 per cent down at 34163.7.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended down 19.0 points at 16240.3, while the BSE Sensex stood down 109.94 points at 54208.53.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 26 ended in the green, while 24 closed in the red.

Shares of YES Bank, Vodafone Idea, Zomato Ltd., Indian Oil Corp. and Suzlon Energy were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of BLS Int. Services, GE Shipping, MRPL, Vadilal Ind and Gokaldas Export hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Route Mobile, Muthoot Capital, Metropolis Health, Dr Lal Pathlabs and Amber Enterprises hit their fresh 52-week lows.