Stock market update: Nifty Bank index falls 0.45%

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

Shares of HDFC Bank Ltd.(up 0.05 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.

On the other hand, Federal Bank Ltd.(down 2.97 per cent), Au Small Finance Bank Ltd.(down 2.43 per cent), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.(down 2.3 per cent), IDFC First Bank Ltd.(down 1.93 per cent) and ICICI Bank Ltd.(down 1.71 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.


The Nifty Bank index closed 0.45 per cent down at 48292.25.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended down 47.3 points at 21731.4, while the BSE Sensex stood down 170.12 points at 72240.26.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 20 ended in the green, while 30 closed in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, JP Power, Reliance Power and Alok Industries were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Alok Industries, VST Industries, Sanginita Chemicals, Akash Infra-Proj and GTL Ltd hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Bajel Projects, Akshar Spintex, IKIO Lighting, Raj Rayon and Flair Writing Indust hit their fresh 52-week lows.