Share market update: Private Bank shares up; YES Bank climbs over 3%

NEW DELHI: Shares of Private banks were trading with gains in Thursday's afternoon session.

Shares of YES Bank (up 3.60 per cent), Federal Bank (up 2.10 per cent) and Kotak Mahindra Bank (up 1.91 per cent) were the top performers in the index.

HDFC Bank (up 1.61 per cent), DCB Bank (up 1.20 per cent) and IDFC First Bank (up 1.10 per cent) too were trading higher.

The Nifty Private Bank index was trading 0.18 per cent up at 16,838.05 around 02:05 pm.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 18 points at 11,766.15 while the BSE Sensex was up 79.35 points at 39,110.90.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 26 were trading in the green, while 24 were in the red.

Shares of YES Bank, Vodafone Idea, Ashok Leyland, Tata Motors, Bank of Baroda, SAIL, SBI, ICICI Bank, ONGC and Indian Oil Corp were among the most traded shares on the NSE.