NEW DELHI: Bank shares were trading lower with the Nifty Bank index down 0.44 per cent at 26,752.75 on Monday.

Shares of HDFC Bank (down 1.08 per cent) , RBL Bank (down 0.97 per cent) , IndusInd Bank (down 0.61 per cent) and YES Bank (down 0.41 per cent) were the worst performers in the index.

State Bank of India (down 0.34 per cent) , Punjab National Bank (down 0.26 per cent) and IDFC Bank (down 0.23 per cent) too were trading in the red.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 36.80 points at 10,717.2 while the BSE Sensex was down 96.61 points at 35,645.46.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 14 were trading in the green, while 35 were in the red.

Shares of YES Bank, Vodafone Idea, BHEL, Tata Motors, SBI, Indian Oil Corp, Vedanta , Infosys, ICICI Bank, Ashok Leyland, DLF and BEL were among the most traded shares on the NSE.