NEW DELHI: IDBI Bank, with over 1.12 crore shares changing hands, was leading the pack of most traded stocks on NSE in morning trade on Friday.It was followed by Fortis Healthcare (number of shares traded: 0.80 crore), GMR Infrastructure (0.71 crore), Adani Power (0.64 crore), Reliance Communications (0.63 crore) and Jaiprakash Associates (0.54 crore), in that order.On the other hand, Reliance Industries (RIL) (Rs 461.77 crore) emerged as the most active stock in terms of value on NSE early Friday.Infosys (Rs 204.05 crore), HCL Technologies (Rs 200.19 crore), Tata Consultancy Services (Rs 182.21 crore), Fortis Healthcare (Rs 117.58 crore), YES Bank (Rs 89.90 crore), Maruti Suzuki (Rs 85.14 crore), ICICI Bank (Rs 82.93 crore), UPL (Rs 80.04 crore) and Larsen Toubro (Rs 79.38 crore) also featured among most active stocks in value terms.The domestic equity market started Friday's session with solid gains amid firm global cues.
Buying in heavyweights such as Reliance Industries, HDFC Bank, Infosys and Tata Consultancy Services were keeping the equity benchmarks Sensex and Nifty aloft.The NSE Nifty index was trading 35 points up at 11,058, while the BSE Sensex was up 163 points at 36,711 around 09:50 am.Among the sectors on NSE, PSU bank, realty, pharma, media and FMCG were under pressure.In the Nifty index, 23 stocks were in the green, while 27 stocks in the red.
Wipro, Reliance Industries, Coal India, Infosys and Bajaj Finance were among the top gainers in the Nifty index.UPL, Bharti Infratel, State Bank of India, ICICI Bank and Axis Bank were among the top losers in the Nifty kitty of stocks.