Stock market update: Varroc Engineering, RIL, Infosys most active stocks in value terms

NEW DELHI: Varroc Engineering (Rs 1,493.22 crore) emerged as the most active stock in value terms on NSE on Friday.

Reliance Industries (Rs 895.81 crore), Infosys (Rs 718.37 crore), Tata Consultancy Services (Rs 708.46 crore), ICICI Bank (Rs 702.20 crore) and YES Bank (Rs 628.91 crore) also featured in the league of most active stocks in value terms in that order.

Extending the gains to the second consecutive session, frontline indices Nifty50 and Sensex ended up in the positive territory on Friday, underpinned by gains in bank, auto, oil & gas and capital goods stocks amid mixed global cues.


The BSE Sensex settled at 35,657.86, up by 83 points, or 0.23 per cent. Overall, 16 stocks in the index closed the day in the green, while 13 in the red. Two stocks remained unchanged.

The Nifty50 finished day's session at 10,772.65, up by 23 points, or 0.21 per cent, with 24 stocks in the green and 26 in the red.

For the week, Sensex gained 0.66 per cent and Nifty moved up by 0.54 per cent.

Nifty Auto stood as the top gainer among the sectoral indices, followed by realty, PSU bank and IT indices.

HPCL, Hero MotoCorp and Tata Motors stood as the top gainers in the Nifty index.