NEW DELHI: Bank shares were trading with gains as Nifty Bank index hit fresh record higher in Tuesday's morning session.Shares of YES Bank (up 4.55 per cent) , Bank of Baroda (up 2.19 per cent) , Federal Bank (up 1.96 per cent) and IDFC First Bank (up 1.49 per cent) were the top gainers in the index.
ICICI Bank (up 0.94 per cent) , Punjab National Bank (up 0.85 per cent) , IndusInd Bank (up 0.80 per cent) and State Bank of India (up 0.80 per cent) too were trading with gains.
The Nifty Bank index was trading 0.64 per cent up at 31,757.05 around 09:53 am.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 41.15 points at 12,114.90, while the BSE Sensex was up 173.79 points at 41,063.02.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 39 were trading in the green, while 10 were in the red.
Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, ZEEL, Bank of Baroda, ICICI Bank, Bank of India, SBI, IDFC First Bank and Federal Bank were among the most traded shares on the NSE.