Market Now: Divi's Lab, HDFC among most active stocks in terms of value

NEW DELHI: Divi's Lab (Rs 281.15 crore), Kotak Mahindra Bank (Rs 125.47 crore) and HDFC (Rs 116.90 crore) were the most active stocks in terms of traded value on NSE in the first hour of trade on Friday.

Infosys (Rs 78.48 crore), Bharat Heavy Electricals ( BHEL) (Rs 75.54 crore), Tata Motors (Rs 75.46 crore), Vedanta (Rs 75.14 crore), Bharti Infratel (Rs 74.37 crore), Bharat Petroleum (Rs 65.00 crore), Sun Pharma (Rs 61.95 crore), Maruti Suzuki (Rs 59.48 crore) and Reliance Industries (Rs 58.46 crore) were the other active counters in that order.

Equity benchmarks Nifty50 and Sensex opened on a cautious note on Friday, tracking weakness in other Asian markets after North Korea fired a missile that flew over Japan's northern Hokkaido far out into the Pacific Ocean.

Pharma and metal stocks were reeling under selling pressure.

At 10.10 hours (IST), the Nifty50 index was trading 27 points lower at 10,059, while the 30-share Sensex was down 45 points at 32,197 .

In the Nifty50 pack, 14 stocks were trading in the green, while 37 stocks were in red. PowerGrid, Sun Pharma, Tata Power, Vedanta and Hindalco were the top losers, while Oil & Natural Gas Corporation was the top gainer, with 3.73 per cent rise. Bharti Infratel, Infosys, Coal India and Bharti Airtel were also trading with solid gains.

On BSE, 653 stocks were trading with gains against 1,240 stocks that lagged.

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