NEW DELHI: Shares of NMDC (number of shares traded: 0.17 crore), Idea Cellular (0.06 crore) and State Bank of India (0.05 crore) were trading among the most active stocks in terms of volume on NSE in morning trade on Thursday.

ICICI Bank (0.04 crore), Ashok Leyland (0.04 crore), Punjab National Bank (0.03 crore), Ambuja Cements (0.03 crore), ONGC (0.03 crore), Infosys (0.03 crore), YES Bank (0.03 crore), SAIL (0.03 crore) and BHEL (0.02 crore) were also among the most traded stocks on the National Stock Exchange.

The NSE Nifty index was trading 3 points down at 10,629, while BSE Sensex was up 18 points at 34451 around 09:30 am(IST).

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In the Nifty index, Infosys, Tech Mahindra, Tata Motors, Hindalco Industries, Maruti Suzuki India and Hindustan Unilever were among the top gainers.

On the contrary, Wipro, Coal India, Bajaj Finance, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation and Cipla were among the losers of the Nifty pack of stocks.