The Nifty PSU Bank index was trading 1.05 per cent up at 2,927 around 10:30 am.
Shares of Oriental Bank of Commerce (up 0.26 per cent), IDBI Bank (up 0.15 per cent), Bank of Baroda (up 0.07 per cent) and Union Bank of India (up 0.06 per cent) were also in the green.
Equity markets were up, underpinned by gains in IT, financial and bank stocks following overnight gains in the Wall Street.
US stocks ended with small gains on Wednesday after minutes from the Federal Reserve's latest meeting suggested higher inflation may not result in faster interest rate hikes, Reuters reported.
However, losses in oil, metal and auto stocks were keeping the gains restricted.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 19 points at 10,450, while the BSE Sensex was up 123 points at 34,468.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 24 were trading in the green, while 26 were in the red.
Britannia Industries, DCM Financial Services, IndoStar Capital Financ, KPIT Technologies and Welspun Enterprises hit 52-week highs on NSE.
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