Nifty PSU Bank Sector Analysis — Live Performance, Constituent stocks

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NIFTY PSU BANK

Current value

8,758.10 +117.85 (+1.36%)

Open: 8,634.35
High: 8,832.80
Low: 8,624.90
Previous close: 8,640.25

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Data retrieved: 12 Aug 2026, 12:26 PM IST

	Company			Today Low/High
BANKBARODA	BANK OF BARODA	249.05	2.85 (1.16%)	245.5 251.4	246.2	58,26,763
BANKINDIA	BANK OF INDIA	144.25	1.35 (0.94%)	141.9 146.12	142.9	59,95,775
CANBK	CANARA BANK	131.19	0.89 (0.68%)	129.6 133.11	130.3	1,96,36,097
CENTRALBK	CENTRAL BANK OF INDIA	31.2	0.01 (0.03%)	31 31.66	31.19	69,98,935
INDIANB	INDIAN BANK	892.15	16.55 (1.89%)	873.1 897.65	875.6	14,04,763
IOB	INDIAN OVERSEAS BANK	33.95	-0.26 (-0.76%)	33.92 34.51	34.21	21,88,033
MAHABANK	BANK OF MAHARASHTRA	81.42	2.47 (3.13%)	78.75 81.89	78.95	1,72,14,631
PNB	PUNJAB NATIONAL BANK	117.89	3.86 (3.39%)	113.72 119.5	114.03	3,89,00,091
PSB	PUNJAB & SIND BANK	23.73	-0.01 (-0.04%)	23.64 24.13	23.74	9,49,236
SBIN	STATE BANK OF INDIA	1075.7	9.7 (0.91%)	1066 1084	1066	86,97,977
UCOBANK	UCO BANK	26.13	0.01 (0.04%)	25.92 26.45	26.12	22,36,941
UNIONBANK	UNION BANK OF INDIA	185.12	2.62 (1.44%)	181.82 187.6	182.5	1,49,28,383

About Nifty PSU Bank

Tracks listed public-sector banks and their sector performance.

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Understanding the Nifty PSU Bank Sector

What is Nifty PSU Bank?

SBI is a major Nifty PSU Bank constituent, but exact weights change over time. Use the current official factsheet for weight-based comparisons.

What drives Nifty PSU Bank

Government policy and budget announcements. PSU bank recapitalisation amounts, disinvestment plans (privatisation talk), and budget allocations affect the entire sector in single sessions.
Asset quality cycles. PSU banks have historically had higher NPA ratios than private banks. Improvements (lower slippages, higher recoveries) trigger sustained re-rating phases that can last 12-18 months.
Interest rate cycles. Same as private banks, but PSU banks are more rate-sensitive due to higher proportion of low-yielding bonds in their treasury books.
PSU re-rating themes. When investor sentiment toward PSU stocks broadly improves (typically during phases of expectations around privatisation or government capex), PSU banks rally as a group regardless of individual fundamentals.
SBI single-stock dominance. SBI carries enough weight (~25-30%) that its results, guidance and news consistently drive the index.

The PSU bank vs private bank divergence

PSU and private banks can alternate leadership across market cycles. Compare their returns over a disclosed period rather than relying on a fixed historical sequence.

Constituent stocks (illustrative weightage)

State Bank of India — ~28% weight
Bank of Baroda — ~12% weight
Canara Bank — ~10% weight
Punjab National Bank — ~10% weight
Union Bank of India — ~9% weight
Indian Bank — ~8% weight
Bank of India — ~6% weight
Bank of Maharashtra — ~5% weight
Central Bank of India — ~4% weight
Indian Overseas Bank — ~3% weight
UCO Bank — ~3% weight
Punjab & Sind Bank — ~2% weight

Related tools

Nifty Bank — full banking sector including private
Nifty Private Bank — private-only sub-sector for comparison
Nifty Financial Services — broader financial sector view

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FAQs About Sector Analysis Nifty Psu Bank

Government policy announcements significantly affect PSU banks — recapitalisation amounts, disinvestment plans (privatisation talk), budget allocations, lending mandates and write-off provisions all move the sector. Union budgets historically produce some of the largest single-day moves in Nifty PSU Bank.

PSU banks have historically had higher NPA (non-performing asset) ratios, slower loan growth, less efficient operations, and government-influenced lending decisions compared to private banks. The market discounts these factors with lower price-to-book multiples — PSU banks typically trade at 0.5-1.5x book value vs private banks at 2-4x book value. This valuation gap can narrow during PSU re-rating phases.

State Bank of India dominates the weightage at around 28%, followed by Bank of Baroda at 12%, Canara Bank at 10% and Punjab National Bank at 10%. SBI alone drives nearly 30% of any Nifty PSU Bank move.

Nifty PSU Bank consists of 12 government-owned (public sector) banks: State Bank of India, Bank of Baroda, Punjab National Bank, Canara Bank, Union Bank of India, Indian Bank, Bank of India, Bank of Maharashtra, Central Bank of India, Punjab & Sind Bank, UCO Bank and Indian Overseas Bank.