Share market update: Bank shares mixed; YES Bank down 2%

NEW DELHI: Bank shares were trading on a mixed note in Monday's morning session.

Shares of RBL Bank (up 1.39 per cent), Federal Bank (up 1.06 per cent), Bank of Baroda (up 0.79 per cent) and State Bank of India (up 0.70 per cent) were the top gainers in the index.

YES Bank (down 2.26 per cent), IDFC First Bank (down 1.91 per cent), ICICI Bank (down 0.39 per cent) and Axis Bank (down 0.35 per cent) were trading lower.

The Nifty Bank index was trading 0.09 per cent down at 26,769.45 around 11:52 am.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 68.15 points at 10,656.25 while the BSE Sensex was down 221.69 points at 35,587.26.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 12 were trading in the green, while 38 were in the red.

Shares of YES Bank, ITC, Ashok Leyland, Vedanta, Vodafone Idea, NTPC, SAIL, ONGC, ICICI Bank, Tata Motors, SBI and Adani Ports SEZ were among the most traded shares on the NSE.