NEW DELHI: Bank shares were trading in the positive zone with the Nifty Bank index up 1.29 per cent at 26,501.5 on Wednesday.Shares of YES Bank (up 4.13 per cent), Federal Bank (up 3.35 per cent), IDFC Bank (up 2.88 per cent) and Kotak Mahindra Bank (up 2.48 per cent) were the top performers in the index.
Punjab National Bank (up 2.33 per cent), Bank of Baroda (up 1.70 per cent), HDFC Bank (up 1.09 per cent) and State Bank of India (up 1.05 per cent) too were trading higher.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 120.10 points at 10,669.25 while BSE Sensex was up 389.45 points at 35,539.46.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 48 were trading in the green, while 2 were in the red.Shares of YES Bank, Sun Pharma, Ashok Leyland, Indian Oil Corp, Vodafone Idea, SBI, Tata Motors, ICICI Bank, Bank of Baroda, RIL, SAIL and Indiabulls Housing Finance were among the most traded shares on the NSE.