 "HDFC Bank's parent company, HDFC, too slipped 3.4 per cent to Rs 1,782.05 apiece on the NSE.")
Financial counters, including heavyweights like HDFC Bank and HDFC, came under selling pressure on Tuesday. Nifty Bank index skid 4 per cent to hit an intra-day low of 21,222.45 in afternoon deals, and was among the top drags on the National Stock Exchange (NSE). Besides, Nifty PSU Bank and Nifty Private Bank indices, too, declined 4 per cent each.
At 1:17 pm, the Nifty Bank index was trading near's day low at 3.9 per cent as against 233 points, or 2 per cent, decline in the benchmark Nifty50 index. Nifty PSU Bank and Private Bank indices were down 3.8 per
