NEW DELHI: Shares of PSU banks were trading higher in Friday's session.

Shares of Union Bank of India (up 5.27 per cent) , J & K Bank (up 3.69 per cent) , Canara Bank (up 3.24 per cent) , Bank of Baroda (up 1.85 per cent) , Punjab National Bank (up 1.47 per cent) , State Bank of India (up 1.28 per cent) , Central Bank of India (up 1.22 per cent) , Indian Bank (up 1.17 per cent) , UCO Bank (up 1.16 per cent) and Bank of India (up 0.68 per cent) were among the top gainers.

The Nifty PSU Bank index was trading 1.73 per cent up at 1411.45 around 02:12PM.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 78.05 points at 10169.7, while the BSE Sensex was up 261.36 points at 34469.41.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 30 were trading in the green, while 20 were in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, Tata Motors, BHEL, SBI, Federal Bank, Ashok Leyland, L&T Fin Holding, Axis Bank and Bank of Baroda were among the most traded shares on the NSE.