NEW DELHI: Shares of PSU banks were trading higher in Tuesday's morning session.Shares of Vijaya Bank (up 2.56 per cent), Bank of Baroda (up 2.20 per cent), Canara Bank (up 1.81 per cent) and Indian Bank (up 1.40 per cent) were the top gainers in the index.
State Bank of India (up 1.05 per cent), Punjab National Bank (up 0.99 per cent) and Oriental Bank of Commerce (up 0.82 per cent) too were trading higher.
The Nifty PSU Bank index was trading 1.18 per cent up at 2937.80 around 10:01 am.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 0.25 points at 10,661.30 while the BSE Sensex was down 1.30 points at 35,655.40.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 28 were trading in the green, while 22 were in the red.
Shares of YES Bank, Zee Ent., Ashok Leyland, ICICI Bank, Indiabulls Housing Finance, Bank of Baroda, SBI, Motherson Sumi, Adani Ports SEZ, BHEL and Axis Bank were among the most traded shares on the NSE.