NEW DELHI: Bank shares were trading in the positive zone in Tuesday's morning session.Shares of YES Bank (up 0.87 per cent), Kotak Mahindra Bank (up 0.75 per cent), IDFC First Bank (up 0.66 per cent) and HDFC Bank (up 0.65 per cent) were the top performers in the index.Axis Bank (up 0.44 per cent), ICICI Bank (up 0.21 per cent) and State Bank of India (up 0.16 per cent) too were trading higher.
The Nifty Bank index was trading 0.36 per cent up at 28,282.15 around 09:52 am.Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 26.30 points at 11,367.45 while the BSE Sensex was up 112.16 points at 38,326.63.Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 33 were trading in the green, while 17 were in the red.
Shares of YES Bank, Vodafone Idea, Indiabulls Housing Finance, Tata Motors, RBL Bank, Bank of Baroda, SAIL, ONGC, JSPL and Indian Railway Catering - Tourism Corporation were among the most traded shares on the NSE.