Among the components of the S&P BSE BANKEX index, Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd (up 2.72%), Axis Bank Ltd (up 1.02%), ICICI Bank Ltd (up 1.01%), IndusInd Bank Ltd (up 0.71%), IDFC First Bank Ltd (up 0.43%), and Bank of Baroda (up 0.39%), were the top losers.

On the other hand, Federal Bank Ltd (up 3.94%), HDFC Bank Ltd (up 1.05%), and AU Small Finance Bank Ltd (up 0.9%) turned up.

At 13:41 IST, the S&P BSE Sensex was up 284.41 or 0.38% at 74767.19.

The Nifty 50 index was up 90.3 points or 0.4% at 22695.15.

The S&P BSE Small-Cap index was up 184.6 points or 0.39% at 47500.53.

The S&P BSE 150 Midcap Index index was up 124.5 points or 0.87% at 14363.87.

On BSE,1996 shares were trading in green, 1783 were trading in red and 129 were unchanged.