NEW DELHI: Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), with over 3.93 crore shares changing hands, was leading among most traded stocks on NSE in morning trade on Friday.HPCL (number of shares traded: 3.64 crore), BPCL (2.28 crore) and ONGC (1.49 crore) were up next.Reliance Communications (1.24 crore), IDBI Bank (1.05 crore), JP Associates (1.04 crore), GAIL (0.92 crore), Suzlon Energy (0.90 crore) and Idea Cellular (0.84 crore) too featured among most traded stocks on NSE.On the other hand, HPCL (Rs 623.67 crore) was leading the pack of most active stocks in value terms.It was followed by BPCL (Rs 592.19 crore), Indian Oil Corporation (Rs 454.85 crore), Reliance Industries (Rs 384.75 crore), GAIL (Rs 298.14 crore), ICICI Bank (Rs 248.61 crore), ONGC (Rs 228.97 crore), TCS (Rs 215.72 crore), Infosys (Rs 174.90 crore) and Sun Pharma (Rs 155.43 crore).
Key equity indices Sensex and Nifty extended their losing streak to the third consecutive session amid rupee's continuous fall against the US dollar and surging global crude oil prices.
The NSE Nifty index was trading 91 points down at 10,508, while the BSE Sensex was down 166 points at 35,003 around 10 am.Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 18 were advancing and 32 were declining in trade.
Titan Company, Indiabulls Housing Finance, Eicher Motors, Sun Pharma and Bharti Infratel were among the gainers in the Nifty index.HPCL, BPCL, Indian Oil Corporation, GAIL (India) and ONGC were leading among Nifty losers.