Share market update: Bank shares up; Bandhan Bank climbs 5%

NEW DELHI: Bank shares were trading with gains in Friday's session.

Shares of Bandhan Bank (up 4.86 per cent) , Axis Bank (up 3.42 per cent) , Bank of Baroda (up 2.61 per cent) , State Bank of India (up 2.28 per cent) , ICICI Bank (up 2.19 per cent) , RBLBANK (up 2.18 per cent) , Punjab National Bank (up 1.77 per cent) , IDFCBANK (up 1.76 per cent) , Federal Bank (up 1.56 per cent) , HDFC Bank (up 1.19 per cent) and IndusInd Bank (up 0.66 per cent) were among the top gainers.

The Nifty Bank index was trading 1.65 per cent up at 21303.05 around 11:47AM.


Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 84.80 points at 10176.45, while the BSE Sensex was up 272.12 points at 34480.17.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 38 were trading in the green, while 12 were in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, Tata Motors, BHEL, SBI, L&T Fin Holding, IDFC First Bank Ltd., ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company Ltd., PNB and Bank of Baroda were among the most traded shares on the NSE.