NEW DELHI: Shares of PSU banks were trading with losses in Thursday's morning session.
Shares of Central Bank of India (down 2.09 per cent) , Canara Bank (down 1.76 per cent) , Bank of Baroda (down 1.39 per cent) , UCO Bank (down 1.26 per cent) , State Bank of India (down 1.07 per cent) , Punjab National Bank (down 0.98 per cent) , Indian Bank (down 0.82 per cent) , Union Bank of India (down 0.68 per cent) , Bank of India (down 0.53 per cent) , Indian Overseas Bank (down 0.48 per cent) and Bank of Maharashtra (down 0.39 per cent) were the top losers in the index.
The Nifty PSU Bank index was trading 1.11 per cent down at 2351.75 around 10:37 am.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 72.55 points at 12056.95 , while the BSE Sensex was down 232.66 points at 40,966.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 7 were trading in the green, while 42 were in the red.
Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, Tata Motors, SAIL, Bharti Airtel, United Spirits, SBI, ICICI Bank, Bank of Baroda and Indian Oil Corp were among the most traded shares on the NSE.