NEW DELHI: Bank shares were trading with gains in Friday's morning session.

Shares of Kotak Mahindra Bank (up 4.02 per cent) , Punjab National Bank (up 2.19 per cent) , RBL Bank (up 2.14 per cent) and Bank of Baroda (up 2.06 per cent) were the top performers in the index.

State Bank of India (up 1.68 per cent) , IDFC First Bank (up 1.48 per cent) , IndusInd Bank (up 1.34 per cent) and ICICI Bank (up 1.21 per cent) too were trading in the green.

The Nifty Bank index was trading 1.35 per cent up at 29,312.55 around 10:44 am.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 74.05 points at 11,417.30 while the BSE Sensex was up 231.64 points at 37,986.53.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 33 were trading in the green, while 16 were in the red.

Shares of YES Bank, Bank of Baroda, SAIL, ICICI Bank, SBI, Ashok Leyland, DLF, Zee Entertainment, Coal India, Kotak Bank and Tata Motors were among the most traded shares on the NSE.