With nearly 6.50 crore shares changing hands, Reliance Communications emerged as the most traded stock on the NSE on Wednesday.
It was followed by Suzlon Energy (4.06 crore shares traded), Adani Enterprises (2.08 crore), JP Associates (1.84 crore), Adani Power (1.49 crore), Ashok Leyland (1.37 crore), PC Jeweller (1.22 crore), TV18 Broadcast (1.07 crore), JSPL (1.06 crore) and GMR Infra (0.95 crore).The NSE Nifty was 13.4 points down at 11,120.9 while the BSE Sensex edged up 14.02 points to 36,839.12 around 11:28 am.
On the Nifty index, Indiabulls Housing Finance (up 3.37 per cent), Bajaj Finserv (2.51 per cent), YES Bank (1.87 per cent), Adani Ports Special Economic Zone (1.72 per cent), Bharti Infratel (1.49 per cent), Bajaj Auto (1.47 per cent), Vedanta (1.18 per cent), Hero MotoCorp (0.96 per cent), Housing Development Finance Corporation (0.94 per cent) and Infosys (0.79 per cent) were among top gainers.NTPC (down 3.52 per cent), Bharti Airtel (2.97 per cent), UltraTech Cement (2.83 per cent), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (2.31 per cent), Grasim Industries (2.28 per cent), HCL Technologies (2.14 per cent), Indian Oil Corporation (2.12 per cent), Cipla (1.92 per cent), Lupin (1.77 per cent) and Bharat Petroleum Corporation (1.47 per cent) lost big.