NEW DELHI: Bank shares were trading in the positive zone in Monday's session with ICICI Bank (Rs 438.80) and
Axis Bank (Rs 816.40) hitting lifetime highs.
The Nifty Bank index was trading 1.28 per cent up at 31,611.20 around 02:53 pm.
Shares of RBL Bank (up 4.40 per cent),
YES Bank (up 3.61 per cent), Axis Bank (up 2.50 per cent) and Bank of Baroda (up 2.44 per cent) were the top performers in the index.
Federal Bank (up 2.08 per cent), IDFC First Bank (up 1.89 per cent), State Bank of India (up 1.53 per cent) and HDFC Bank (up 1.39 per cent) too were trading in the green.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 84.30 points at 11,928.40 while the BSE Sensex was up 263.35 points at 39,698.07.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 35 were trading in the green, while 15 were in the red.
Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, Ashok Leyland, PNB, Rail Vikas Nigam, BHEL, SBI, NCC, Bank of Baroda and PC Jeweller were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
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