Among the components of the BSE BANKEX index, HDFC Bank Ltd (up 2.25%), IndusInd Bank Ltd (up 1.04%), Federal Bank Ltd (up 0.44%), Axis Bank Ltd (up 0.16%), State Bank of India (up 0.12%), and Bank of Baroda (up 0.06%), were the top losers.

On the other hand, ICICI Bank Ltd (up 1.93%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd (up 0.89%), and Yes Bank Ltd (up 0.29%) moved up.

At 13:46 IST, the BSE SmallCap was up 376.16 or 0.7% at 53818.09.

The BSE 150 MidCap Index index was up 105.61 points or 0.66% at 16113.21.

The Nifty 50 index was up 50.15 points or 0.21% at 24336.65.

The BSE Sensex index was up 169.82 points or 0.21% at 80156.62.

On BSE,2261 shares were trading in green, 1629 were trading in red and 97 were unchanged.