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

Shares of Punjab National Bank (up 2.09 per cent) , Canara Bank (up 1.99 per cent) , Bank of Baroda (up 1.87 per cent) , State Bank of India (up 1.84 per cent) , Union Bank of India (up 0.62 per cent) , Indian Bank (up 0.39 per cent) and J & K Bank (up 0.29 per cent) were among the top gainers.

The Nifty PSU Bank index was trading 1.31 per cent up at 1483.6 around 02:11PM.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 166.20 points at 10773.55, while the BSE Sensex was up 503.29 points at 36524.71.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 40 were trading in the green, while 9 were in the red.

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