NEW DELHI: Bank shares were trading higher with the Nifty Bank index up 0.21 per cent at 26,920.5 on Monday.

Shares of RBL Bank (up 2.12 per cent), Federal Bank (up 1.64 per cent), Bank of Baroda (up 0.90 per cent) and Punjab National Bank (up 0.64 per cent) were the top performers in the index.

IndusInd Bank (up 0.49 per cent), HDFC Bank (up 0.41 per cent), Kotak Mahindra Bank (up 0.14 per cent) and ICICI Bank (up 0.13 per cent) too were trading higher.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 14.30 points at 10,891.05 while BSE Sensex was up 82.88 points at 36,277.18 around 11:09 am.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 31 were trading in the green, while 19 were in the red.

Shares of YES Bank, Sun Pharma, Ashok Leyland, Idea Cellular, Vedanta, Tata Motors, ICICI Bank, Motherson Sumi, Hindalco Industries, Bank of Baroda, SBI and SAIL were among the most traded shares on the NSE.