Among the components of the BSE BANKEX index, Yes Bank Ltd (up 4.42%), Axis Bank Ltd (up 3.05%),State Bank of India (up 2.92%),IndusInd Bank Ltd (up 2.71%),Federal Bank Ltd (up 2.39%), were the top gainers. Among the other gainers were Canara Bank (up 2.34%), Bank of Baroda (up 1.67%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd (up 1.1%), HDFC Bank Ltd (up 1.07%), and ICICI Bank Ltd (up 0.74%).
At 09:47 IST, the BSE SmallCap was up 237.92 or 0.5% at 48184.58.
The BSE 150 MidCap Index index was up 165.43 points or 1.13% at 14782.7.
The Nifty 50 index was up 178.35 points or 0.75% at 24030.
The BSE Sensex index was up 528.68 points or 0.67% at 79081.88.
On BSE,2202 shares were trading in green, 1071 were trading in red and 174 were unchanged.