NEW DELHI: Shares of Private banks were trading on a mixed note in Tuesday's afternoon session. Shares of YES Bank (up 2.63 per cent), ICICI Bank (up 1.59 per cent), DCB Bank (up 0.91 per cent) and Axis Bank (up 0.64 per cent) were trading in the green. RBL Bank (down 4.45 per cent), IDFC First Bank (down 0.59 per cent), Kotak Mahindra Bank (down 0.50 per cent) and HDFC Bank (down 0.20 per cent) were the top losers in the index.

The Nifty Private Bank index was trading 0.20 per cent up at 16,844.25 around 12:26 pm.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 37.85 points at 11,626.20 while the BSE Sensex was up 115 points at 39,011.71.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 39 were trading in the green, while 11 were in the red.

Shares of YES Bank, Dish TV India, Tata Motors, Ashok Leyland, Vodafone Idea, Bank of Baroda, Federal Bank, Indiabulls Housing Finance, PNB and SAIL were among the most traded shares on the NSE.