Monday, 26 February 2018

Market Now: PSU bank stocks suffer losses; PNB down 7%



Most of the PSU bank stocks were trading in the negative zone in morning trade on Tuesday. 

The Nifty PSU Bank index was trading 1.32 per cent down at 3,126 around 09:50 am (IST) with all components in the red. 

Shares of Punjab National BankBSE -7.15 % (down 6.74 per cent) were the top losers after the bank said that the amount of fraudulent transactions could be Rs 1,300 crore more than the current estimate of about Rs 11,400 crore 

Domestic markets opened on a higher note amid positive trading in other Asian markets ahead of the US Fed Chair Jerome Powell's much-anticipated first congressional testimony later in the day. 

However, markets pared some gains on selling in bank and financial stocks. 

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 16 points at 10,599, while the BSE Sensex was 54 points up at 34,500. 

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