NEW DELHI: The Nifty Bank index traded negative around 10:29AM(IST)on Thursday in a weak market.
IndusInd Bank Ltd.(up 1.37 per cent), Punjab National Bank(up 0.49 per cent), Bandhan Bank Ltd.(up 0.14 per cent) and IDFC First Bank Ltd.(up 0.13 per cent) were among the top gainers.
Au Small Finance Bank Ltd.(down 2.77 per cent), Axis Bank Ltd.(down 2.15 per cent), HDFC Bank Ltd.(down 1.26 per cent), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.(down 0.96 per cent) and ICICI Bank Ltd.(down 0.7 per cent) were the top losers on the index.
The Nifty Bank index was down 0.88 per cent at 44687.3 at the time of writing this report.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 143.11 points at 21310.85, while the BSE Sensex was down 547.52 points at 70512.79.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 12 were trading in the green, while 38 were in the red.
Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, NHPC, NBCC and Indian Railway Fin were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Malu Paper Mill, Nirvikara Paper Mill, Urja Global, Oswal Green Tech and Manaksia Aluminium hit their fresh 52-week highs in today’s trade, while Shyam Telecom, Keerti Knowledge, Nxtdigital, Fedbank Financial and Flair Writing Indust hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.