NEW DELHI: South Indian Bank, with over 2.59 crore shares changing hands, was leading among most traded stocks on NSE early Tuesday.Suzlon Energy (number of shares traded: 0.40 crore), JP Associates (0.34 crore), Adani Power (0.32 crore), DHFL (0.29 crore), Reliance Communications (0.23 crore) and Federal Bank (0.22 crore) also featured among most traded stocks on NSE.On the other hand, IndusInd Bank (Rs 202.13 crore) was leading the pack of most active stocks in value terms.It was followed by Indiabulls Housing Finance (Rs 106.64 crore), Bajaj Finance (Rs 86.44 crore), DHFL (Rs 83.54 crore) and Infosys (Rs 78.91 crore).Reliance Industries (RIL) (Rs 67.75 crore), Axis Bank (Rs 64.11 crore), Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) (Rs 57.31 crore), Maruti Suzuki (Rs 56.85 crore) and ICICI Bank (Rs 54.37 crore) also featured among most active stocks in value terms.Key equity indices Sensex and Nifty registered a positive opening on Tuesday as sentiment got a boost from firm Asian cues and positive macro in terms of low trade deficit.
The NSE Nifty index was trading 57 points up at 10,569, while the BSE Sensex was up 215 points at 35,080 around 09:30 am.Overall, 36 stocks were in the green in the 50-share Nifty index.IndusInd Bank, Asian Paints, Adani Ports, Bajaj Finance and Indiabulls Housing Finance were among the top gainers in the Nifty index.HCL Technologies, Bharti Infratel, ITC, Hindalco Industries and Wipro were among the top losers in the Nifty pack of stocks.