Market Now: Infosys, YES Bank among most traded stocks

NEW DELHI: Shares of PowerGrid (number of shares traded: 0.23 crore), Infosys (0.16 crore), YES Bank (0.16 crore) and Ashok Leyland (0.13 crore) were trading as the most active stocks in terms of volume on NSE in Thursday's trade.

NTPC (0.10 crore), DLF (0.10 crore), State Bank of India (0.08 crore), Idea Cellular (0.07 crore), Reliance Industries (0.07 crore), ITC (0.07 crore), Bank of Baroda (0.06 crore) and Tata Motors (0.06 crore) were the other stocks in the league.

Equity benchmarks started the day on a positive note, tracking firm global cues. Sensex gained 78 points, while Nifty touched 9,931 level.

However, a fresh spell of selling in some bank, oil and IT stocks cooled of the bourses a bit.

The Nifty50 index was 10 points up at 9,924 and the 30-share Sensex was 33 points up at 31,705 around 9.40 am (IST).

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In the Nifty50 index, YES Bank topped with gains of over 2 per cent. Aurobindo Pharma, Mahindra & Mahindra, Cipla and Sun Pharma gained over 1 per cent.

Among the losers, Bharti Infratel cracked up to 3 per cent. Power Grid, Tech Mahindra, Indian Oil Corporation, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation and Bharat Petroleum Corporation were the top losers of the Nifty pack.

On the NSE, 1067 stocks were advancing, compared with 454 stocks declining and 431 stocks remaining unchanged.