NEW DELHI: The counter of Ashok Leyland, with over 2.66 crore shares changing hands, was buzzing as the most traded stock on NSE in morning trade on Thursday.Reliance Communications (number of shares traded: 1.73 crore), Jaiprakash Associates (1.22 crore), PC Jeweller (0.60 crore), GMR Infrastructure (0.36 crore), Suzlon Energy (0.34 crore), JSPL (0.33 crore), ONGC (0.31 crore) and Tata Steel (0.30 crore) also featured among the most traded stocks in that order.
The pack of most active stocks in terms of value too was being led by Ashok Leyland (Rs 284.95 crore).Mindtree (Rs 250.79 crore), Tata Steel (Rs 148.82 crore), Reliance Industries (RIL) (Rs 95.82 crore), Au Small Finance Bank (Rs 67.12 crore), JSPL (Rs 60.04 crore), Bajaj Finance (Rs 57.18 crore), YES Bank (Rs 55.28 crore), Tata Consultancy Services (Rs 52.28 crore) and ONGC (Rs 50.62 crore) were the other stocks that joined the bandwagon of most active stocks in value terms.
Equity benchmarks were subdued amid mixed Asian cues.
Rupee also weakened against the US dollar while oil prices rose in global markets.Bank, metal, financial and auto counters were experiencing the heat of selling.The NSE Nifty index was trading 17 points down at 10,964, while the BSE Sensex was up 15 points at 36,388 around 09:40 am.In the Nifty index, 17 stocks were in the green, while 33 were in the red.ONGC, Bharti Airtel, Mahindra Mahindra, Titan Company and Hindustan Unilever were leading the pack of Nifty gainers.However, Bharti Infratel, HPCL, Hindalco Industries, UPL and BPCL were among the top losers in the Nifty index.