Among the components of the BSE BANKEX index, Federal Bank Ltd (up 3.63%), HDFC Bank Ltd (up 2.62%),ICICI Bank Ltd (up 1.81%),Axis Bank Ltd (up 1.71%),Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd (up 1.58%), were the top gainers. Among the other gainers were Bank of Baroda (up 1.04%), IndusInd Bank Ltd (up 0.87%), Yes Bank Ltd (up 0.84%), Canara Bank (up 0.73%), and State Bank of India (up 0.34%).

At 09:45 IST, the BSE SmallCap was up 361.36 or 0.68% at 53349.64.

The BSE 150 MidCap Index index was up 81.32 points or 0.51% at 15952.58.

The Nifty 50 index was up 159.5 points or 0.66% at 24283.35.

The BSE Sensex index was up 566.72 points or 0.71% at 80008.17.

On BSE,2248 shares were trading in green, 836 were trading in red and 111 were unchanged.