NEW DELHI: YES Bank, with over 1.38 crore shares changing hands, emerged as the most traded stock on NSE in morning trade on Wednesday.DHFL (number of shares traded: 1.20 crore), Suzlon Energy (0.75 crore) and JP Associates (0.71 crore) were up next.Balrampur Chini (0.68 crore), Reliance Communications (0.68 crore), BEL (0.52 crore), Bajaj Hindusthan Sugar (0.45 crore), Punjab National Bank (0.37 crore) and Unitech (0.31 crore) also featured among most traded stocks on NSE.On the other hand, DHFL (Rs 349.04 crore) was leading the pack of most active stocks in value terms.It was followed by YES Bank (Rs 304.34 crore), Indiabulls Housing Finance (Rs 201.01 crore), Bajaj Finance (Rs 125.23 crore), HDFC (Rs 104.69 crore), Axis Bank (Rs 96.26 crore), Reliance Industries (Rs 80.01 crore), Aurobindo Pharma (Rs 70.94 crore), ICICI Bank (Rs 70.48 crore) and Biocon (Rs 68.39 crore), in that order.
Headline equity indices Sensex and Nifty opened in the positive territory on Wednesday, amid mixed global cues ahead of US Fed outcome.
Rupee's health improved but rising crude oil price remained a concern even as the US bond yields edged near a seven-year peak.
The NSE Nifty index was trading 28 points up at 11,096, while the BSE Sensex was up 72 points at 36,724 around 09:35 am.Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 34 were advancing while 16 were declining.Indiabulls Housing Finance, Lupin, Eicher Motors, Bajaj Finance and Dr.
Reddy's Laboratories were among the top gainers in the Nifty index.Wipro, HCL Technologies, ONGC, Power Grid Corporation and ITC were among the top losers in the Nifty pack of stocks.