NEW DELHI: Bank stocks YES Bank (up 1.29 per cent), Punjab National Bank (up 1.15 per cent), Canara Bank (up 0.95 per cent) and ICICI Bank (up 0.50 per cent) were trading up in afternoon trade on Tuesday, keeping the Nifty Bank index up.

The Nifty Bank index was trading 0.16 per cent up at 25,810 around 12:35 pm (IST).

Shares of IDFC Bank (up 0.36 per cent), IndusInd Bank (up 0.35 per cent) and HDFC Bank (up 0.29 per cent) were also in the green.

However, Bank of Baroda (down 0.84 per cent), Axis Bank (down 0.54 per cent), Federal Bank (down 0.31 per cent), Kotak Mahindra Bank (down 0.30 per cent) and State Bank of India (down 0.21 per cent) were in the red around that time.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was 50 points up at 10,348, while the BSE Sensex was 175 points up at 33,534.

Among the 51 stocks in the Nifty50 index, 35 were trading in the green, while 14 were in the red.

Shares of Tata Power, Idea Cellular, ITC, Punjab National Bank, State Bank of India, ICICI Bank, Bharti Airtel, NTPC, SAIL, Ashok Leyland, Bank of Baroda and YES Bank were among most traded securities on the National Stock Exchange.

Sun Pharma, Dr Reddy's Labs, Lupin, Cipla, Bharti Airtel and UPL were among the top gainers in the Nifty50 index.

However, Tata Consultancy Services, Power Grid Corporation, UltraTech Cement, HCL Technologies, Eicher Motors and Axis Bank were among the losers.