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BANDHANBNK: Bandhan Bank Q2 Deposits Rise 9.2% YoY; Loan Book Hits Rs 158,335 Crore as shares slid -4.4%

Strota Newsroom · session of 2026-10-05 · market close · BANDHANBNK stock page →

Bandhan Bank Ltd. (BANDHANBNK) slid -4.4% to ₹168.27 with 5 signals firing. Here is what the exchange data shows.

Bandhan Bank shares fell 4.39 per cent to close at 168.27, ending the session at the day's low of 168.05 after opening flat. The stock had touched a high of 176.73 during the day, against a previous close of 176.00.

The decline came on heavy volume, with the session flagging a volume spike of 4.5x. The stock traded below its volume-weighted average price by 1.21 per cent. The benchmark Nifty 50 rose 0.60 per cent that day, so the fall was specific to the stock rather than a market-wide move.

In the derivatives segment, the last reported positioning reads as long unwinding — open interest was down 2.88 per cent against a price move of 1.83 per cent, the pattern seen when existing long positions are closed out rather than fresh bearish bets being placed.

The most recent disclosed institutional activity over the past 30 days came on 2026-07-22, when Graviton Research Capital LLP appeared on both sides of a bulk trade, selling shares worth 185.79 crore and buying back 185.58 crore. No insider filings were recorded in the past 60 days.

On the technical picture, the stock trades 23.78 per cent below its 52-week high and 25.34 per cent above its 52-week low, and sits below both its 50-day and 200-day moving averages. Its relative strength index stands at 41.8, and daily volume ran at 1.33 times normal. The stock is down 10.35 per cent over the week but up 2.45 per cent over the month.

On the news, Whalesbook reported that Bandhan Bank's Q2 deposits rose 9.2 per cent year on year, with the loan book at Rs 158,335 crore. A MarketsMOJO note rated the stock a Hold, and Business Standard had earlier noted the shares were up for a third consecutive session.

What the data does not establish is a single cause for the fall. It shows a stock-specific move on heavy volume, a close at the day's low and long unwinding in the futures market, but no company news that explains the decline. The Q2 update in the headlines pointed to growing deposits, which sits awkwardly against the day's price action.

The numbers

Signals that fired

F&O positioning

Futures classified as Long Unwinding — open interest -2.9% with price -1.8% in the latest bhavcopy.

Institutional activity

DateSideCounterpartyType₹ Cr
2026-07-22SELLGRAVITON RESEARCH CAPITAL LLPOther185.8
2026-07-22BUYGRAVITON RESEARCH CAPITAL LLPOther185.6

Technical context

Volume ran at 1.3× its 20-day average; rsi(14) sits at 42; price is 23.8% from the 52-week high.

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How this article was made: Strota assembled the exchange data above (prices, F&O open interest, bulk/block deals, SEBI PIT filings, indicator readings and public headlines) and an AI model wrote the narrative strictly from that evidence — it is not permitted to add outside facts or numbers. Every figure comes from the underlying exchange/public data.