Bank shares were trading lower on profit-taking. The BSE banking index has gained nearly 57% this year as of Thursday's close .
Profit-taking was seen tied to the squaring of books at the end of the year.
ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank were down 0.16% and 0.6% respectively.
State Bank of India falls 0.5%. Shares of SBI have gained 45.5% this year.