NEW DELHI: Bank shares were trading with gains in Thursday's morning session.
Shares of Axis Bank (up 2.68 per cent) , Federal Bank (up 1.76 per cent) , Bank of Baroda (up 0.74 per cent) , State Bank of India (up 0.74 per cent) , Punjab National Bank (up 0.74 per cent) , Kotak Mahindra Bank (up 0.5 per cent) , ICICI Bank (up 0.41 per cent) , IDFCBANK (up 0.35 per cent) and Yes Bank (up 0.26 per cent) were among the top gainers.
The Nifty Bank index was trading 0.53 per cent up at 30863.55 around 09:53 am.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 55.70 points at 12162.6 , while the BSE Sensex was up 219.39 points at 41334.77 .
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 35 were trading in the green, while 15 were in the red.
Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, Zee Ent., RBL Bank Ltd., Axis Bank, Tata Motors, SBI, Indian Oil Corp and PFC were among the most traded shares on the NSE.