NEW DELHI: Idea Cellular (number of shares traded: 0.35 crore), Bank of Baroda (0.20 crore), State Bank of India (0.18 crore) and ICICI Bank (0.14 crore) were trading among the most traded stocks on NSE in morning trade on Tuesday.

Infosys (0.14 crore), Ashok Leyland (0.13 crore), Bharat Petroleum Corporation (0.12 crore), Vedanta (0.11 crore), ITC (0.11 crore), Tata Power (0.11 crore), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (0.11 crore) and SAIL (0.11 crore) were also among the most traded stocks on the National Stock Exchange.

Equity market benchmarks registered a positive opening on Tuesday. The NSE Nifty index was trading 15 points up at 10,756, while BSE Sensex was 72 points up at 34,915 around 09:50 am (IST).

In the Nifty50 index, shares of HCL Technologies, Tech Mahindra, Wipro, Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys and Hindustan Unilever were trading among the top gainers.

On the contrary, shares of Bharat Petroleum Corporation, Housing Development Finance Corporation, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation and Coal India were trading among the losers.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty50 index, 30 were trading up, while 20 were trading down.