NEW DELHI: Bank shares were trading higher in Monday's session.

Shares of IndusInd Bank (up 3.8 per cent) , HDFC Bank (up 3.54 per cent) , Federal Bank (up 2.26 per cent) , State Bank of India (up 1.92 per cent) , Bandhan Bank (up 1.92 per cent) , IDFC BANK (up 1.68 per cent) , Axis Bank (up 1.39 per cent) , RBL BANK (up 1.32 per cent) , Punjab National Bank (up 1.25 per cent) , Bank of Baroda (up 1.18 per cent) , Kotak Mahindra Bank (up 0.86 per cent) and ICICI Bank (up 0.33 per cent) were among the top gainers.

The Nifty Bank index was trading 1.9 per cent up at 22267.65 around 11:52AM.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 157.15 points at 10764.5, while the BSE Sensex was up 473.13 points at 36494.55.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 41 were trading in the green, while 9 were in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, BHEL, Suzlon Energy, Tata Motors, SAIL, Ashok Leyland, SBI, ITC and ITI Ltd were among the most traded shares on the NSE.