NEW DELHI: With over 1.70 crore shares changing hands, the counter of Jaiprakash Associates was buzzing as the most traded stock on NSE in morning session on Tuesday.Uttam Value Steels (number of shares traded: 1.35 crore), Lanco Infratech (1.26 crore) and Reliance Communications (0.79 crore) were up next in the league of most traded stocks.Jaiprakash Power Ventures (0.75 crore), Punjab National Bank (0.57 crore), YES Bank (0.51 crore), PFC (0.45 crore), RattanIndia Infrast (0.42 crore) and Axis Bank (0.37 crore) also featured among the most traded stocks on NSE.On the other hand, Axis Bank (Rs 245.96 crore) was leading among most active stocks in terms of value on NSE.The pack of most active stocks in value terms included Reliance Industries (RIL) (Rs 198.39 crore), Bajaj Finance (Rs 186.23 crore), YES Bank (Rs 164.62 crore), Sun Pharma (Rs 120.89 crore), Infosys (Rs 118.50 crore), HDFC Bank (Rs 116.92 crore), Aurobindo Pharma (Rs 105.10 crore), State Bank of India (Rs 96.81 crore) and Hexaware (Rs 92.91 crore).The NSE Nifty index was trading 8 points down at 11,430, while the BSE Sensex was down 19 points at 37,903 around 09:50 am.Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 25 were in the green and 25 in the red.Axis Bank, Infosys, Sun Pharma, Mahindra Mahindra and Asian Paints were leading among Nifty scrips.ITC, Titan Company, Bharti Infratel, Hero MotoCorp and Hindustan Unilever were among the top losers in the Nifty index.