NEW DELHI: Adani Power, with over 3.35 crore shares changing hands, emerged as the most traded stock on NSE in morning trade on Tuesday.Reliance Communications (RCom) (number of shares traded: 2.22 crore) and Vakrangee (1.15 crore) were up next.Welspun India (1.04 crore), Punjab National Bank (1.01 crore), Alok Industries (0.86 crore), Jaiprakash Associates (0.81 crore), Jaiprakash Power Ventures (0.74 crore), Suzlon Energy (0.73 crore) and Hindalco Industries (0.68 crore) also featured among the most traded stocks on NSE.On the other hand, Axis Bank (Rs 180.05 crore) was leading the pack of most active stock in value terms on NSE.It was followed by, Hindalco Industries (Rs 150.31 crore), Reliance Industries (RIL) (Rs 140.10 crore), State Bank of India (SBI) (Rs 109.36 crore), HDFC Asset Management Company (Rs 107.57 crore) and Adani Power (Rs 101.71 crore).Equity benchmarks were trading flat as gains in ITC, Infosys, Larsen Toubro and Axis Bank were offset by losses in Reliance Industries, HDFC Bank, Adani Ports and Tata Consultancy Services.
The NSE Nifty index was trading 5 points up at 11,392, while the BSE Sensex was up 13 points at 37,705 around 09:45 am.In the Nifty index, 30 stocks were in the green, while 20 were in the red.Hindalco Industries, Vedanta, Zee Entertainment Enterprises, Axis Bank and UltraTech Cement were among the top gainers in the Nifty index.On the other hand, Adani Ports SEZ, Lupin, Bharti Airtel, Cipla and Power Grid Corporation of India were among the top losers in the Nifty pack of stocks.