NEW DELHI: Jaiprakash Associates, with over 2.28 crore shares changing hands, emerged as the most traded stock on NSE in morning trade on Thursday.It was followed by, Reliance Communications (number of shares traded: 1.79 crore), Jaiprakash Power Ventures (1.09 crore), Adani Power (0.86 crore), YES Bank (0.75 crore), HDIL (0.57 crore), JSW Steel (0.56 crore), Jain Irrigation (0.55 crore), Kwality (0.54 crore) and Adani Enterprises (0.51 crore).On the other hand, Reliance Industries (RIL) (Rs 287.92 crore) was leading the pack of most active stocks in value terms.
YES Bank (Rs 271.76 crore), JSW Steel (Rs 223.63 crore), Axis Bank (Rs 156.96 crore), UPL (Rs 128.81 crore), Tata Steel (Rs 126.71 crore), ITC (Rs 125.93 crore), InterGlobe Aviation (Rs 119.97 crore), Adani Enterprises (Rs 115.31 crore) and HDFC Bank (Rs 95.98 crore) also featured among most active stocks in value terms.
Equity market sentiment was subdued on the last day of August series of futures and options contracts.
Rupee's unabated fall too weighed on the risk appetite of investors.
The NSE Nifty index was trading 32 points down at 11,660.15, while the BSE Sensex was down 85.55 points at 38,637.38 around 10:10 am.Among the 50-stocks in the Nifty index, 18 stocks were in the green and 32 were in the red.UPL, ITC, Bharti Airtel, Power Grid Corporation and Dr.
Reddy's Laboratories were among the top gainers, while HPCL, Axis Bank, Indian Oil Corporation, HCL Technologies and Tech Mahindra were among the top losers in the Nifty index.