Shares of ICICI Bank (up 3.1 per cent), AU Small Finance Bank (up 2.69 per cent), Kotak Mahindra Bank (up 1.92 per cent),
(up 1.26 per cent) and HDFC Bank (up 1.2 per cent) were among the top gainers.
While IndusInd Bank (down 1.4 per cent), Federal Bank (down 0.35 per cent) and Bandhan Bank (down 0.32 per cent) were the top losers in the index.
The Nifty Bank index was trading 1.47 per cent up at 31569.4 around 02:23PM.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 81.30 points at 14377.7, while the BSE Sensex was up 269.7 points at 47975.5.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 29 were trading in the green, while 20 were in the red.
Shares of Vodafone Idea, PNB, Ibull Housing Fin, YES Bank and Tata Motors were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Balrampur Chini, Suven Pharma, Navin Fluorine, Macrotech Developers and J B Chemicals hit their fresh 52 week high in today’s trade, while Mittal Life Style, Continental Seeds and Chemicals, Deep Energy Resources, Radha Madhav Corporation, Bharat Road Network, Global Education, Sharda Motor Industries, Bannari Amman Spinning Mills and Marine Electricals (India) hit fresh 52 week low in trade.
