NEW DELHI: PSU Bank shares were trading in the positive zone in Thursday's morning session.Shares of Syndicate Bank (up 1.39 per cent) , Indian Bank (up 1.11 per cent) , Bank of India (up 1.08 per cent) and Oriental Bank of Commerce (up 1.08 per cent) were the top gainers in the index.
Bank of Baroda (up 0.72 per cent) , Punjab National Bank (up 0.64 per cent) , Canara Bank (up 0.60 per cent) and IDBI Bank (up 0.45 per cent) too were trading higher.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 15 points at 11,628.95 while the BSE Sensex was down 64.76 points at 38,812.36.
The Nifty PSU Bank index was trading 0.54 per cent up at 3350 around 11:09 am.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 24 were trading in the green, while 26 were in the red.
Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, Tata Motors, SAIL, Indiabulls Housing Finance, Zee Ent., Bank of Baroda, SBI, Ashok Leyland, Bharti Airtel, ONGC and BPCL were among the most traded shares on the NSE.