Share market update: Bank shares up; RBL Bank surges 9%

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

Shares of RBL BANK (up 9.09 per cent) , IndusInd Bank (up 4.82 per cent) , Bandhan Bank (up 4.54 per cent) , Federal Bank (up 3.01 per cent) , Axis Bank (up 2.14 per cent) , Bank of Baroda (up 1.86 per cent) , Punjab National Bank (up 1.84 per cent) , ICICI Bank (up 1.75 per cent) , State Bank of India (up 1.58 per cent) , IDFCBANK (up 1.55 per cent) and Kotak Mahindra Bank (up 0.86 per cent) were among the top gainers.

The Nifty Bank index was trading 1.22 per cent up at 21446.65 around 11:40AM.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 94.10 points at 10261.55, while the BSE Sensex was up 324.21 points at 34694.79.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 36 were trading in the green, while 14 were in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, SBI, RBL Bank Ltd., Ashok Leyland, Tata Motors, IDFC First Bank Ltd., PNB, Bank of Baroda and Federal Bank were among the most traded shares on the NSE.