Nifty Bank | Nifty Bank positive factors near 300 level, outperforms headline indices 

The Nifty Bank index is up 281.4 factors or 0.7 p.c at 40,190.8. Bank of Baroda, Kotak, ICICI Bank and SBI, up 1.2 to 2.4 p.c, are the highest index gainers. Barring Bandhan Bank, AU Bank, IDFC First Bank and HDFC Bank, that are down one to 2.2 p.c, all of the shares within the Nifty Bank index are buying and selling with positive factors.