Stock market update: Nifty Bank index falls 0.24%

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

Shares of Federal Bank(up 0.46 per cent), Bank of Baroda(up 0.32 per cent) and Kotak Mahindra Bank(up 0.14 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.

On the other hand, AU Small Finance Bank(down 1.18 per cent), IDFCBANK(down 0.87 per cent), Axis Bank(down 0.41 per cent), State Bank of India(down 0.4 per cent) and HDFC Bank(down 0.36 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.

The Nifty Bank index closed 0.24 per cent down at 41631.35.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended up 20.0 points at 18035.85, while the BSE Sensex stood up 44.42 points at 61319.51.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 27 ended in the green, while 23 closed in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, Brightcom Group, YES Bank, Zomato Ltd. and Indian Railway Finance Corporation Ltd. were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Nucleus Soft, Foseco India, Vesuvius India, Global Health Ltd. and APL Apollo Tube hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Sanwaria Consumer, Suumaya Lifestyle, LCC Infotech Ltd., Zee Learn and OrissaBengalCarrier hit their fresh 52-week lows.