NEW DELHI: Shares of private sector banks were trading higher with the Nifty Private Bank index up 1.03 per cent at 15,460 around 02:32 pm on Monday.
Shares of IDFC Bank (up 3.21 per cent), Axis Bank (up 3.05 per cent), IndusInd Bank (up 1.74 per cent) and ICICI Bank (up 1.12 per cent) were the top performers in the index.
YES Bank (up 0.82 per cent), HDFC Bank (up 0.59 per cent) and RBL Bank (up 0.50 per cent) too were trading with gains.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 76.35 points at 10,803.70 while the BSE Sensex was up 270.24 points at 35,965.34.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 36 were trading in the green, while 14 were in the red.
Shares of YES Bank, Ashok Leyland, Tata Motors, SBI, Bank of Baroda, ICICI Bank, ONGC, Axis Bank, NTPC and Vedanta were among the most traded shares on the NSE.