Share market update: Bank shares up; RBL Bank jumps 5%

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

Shares of RBL Bank (up 5.27 per cent) , IndusInd Bank (up 3.05 per cent) , Kotak Mahindra Bank (up 1.91 per cent) , Federal Bank (up 1.03 per cent) , Punjab National Bank (up 0.94 per cent) , IDFCBANK (up 0.6 per cent) , State Bank of India (up 0.33 per cent) , ICICI Bank (up 0.27 per cent) , HDFC Bank (up 0.22 per cent) and Bank of Baroda (up 0.22 per cent) were among the top gainers.

The Nifty Bank index was trading 0.5 per cent up at 20829.15 around 11:44AM.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 40.15 points at 10086.8, while the BSE Sensex was up 149.85 points at 34106.54.

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

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