NEW DELHI: Shares of Bharti Airtel (Rs 1043.52 crore), Lupin (Rs 210.74 crore) and Axis Bank (Rs 173.03 crore) were trading as the most active stocks in terms of value on NSE in Wednesday's morning trade.

Shares of Cipla (Rs 113.02 crore), State Bank of India (Rs 86.16 crore), Reliance Industries (Rs 80.79 crore), Indiabulls Housing Finance (Rs 71.62 crore), Tata Motors (Rs 69.18 crore), Punjab National Bank (Rs 68.57 crore), Tata Consultancy Services (Rs 52.42 crore), YES Bank (Rs 50.55 crore) and Bharti Infratel (Rs 50.46 crore) were also in the league.

Equity benchmarks saw a positive start today.

The NSE Nifty50 index was trading 23 points up at 10,373, while BSE Sensex was up 66 points at 33,436 around 09:35 am (IST).

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In the Nifty index, Cipla, Axis Bank, Tech Mahindra, Bharti Infratel, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, Lupin, Asian Paints and Tata Consultancy Services were among the top gainers.

However, Bharti Airtel, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation, Indian Oil Corporation, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, Bharat Petroleum Corporation, Reliance Industries, Indiabulls Housing Finance, Bosch and State Bank of India were among the top losers.

On the NSE, 1033 stocks were advancing, compared with 485 stocks declining and 443 stocks remaining unchanged.