NEW DELHI: Shares of Tara Jewels (up 12.75 per cent), Nagarjuna Oil Refinery (up 8.86 per cent) and Apex Frozen Foods (up 8.43 per cent) were trading among the top gainers on the NSE in morning trade on Friday as broader markets were reflecting positive sentiment.

Stocks such as Surana Industries (up 8.20 per cent), CIL Nova Petrochemicals (up 8.02 per cent), Venky's (India) (up 7.57 per cnet), Jindal Drilling and Industries (up 7.41 per cent) and LCC Infotech (up 6.67 per cent) jumped over 6 per cent on the NSE.

Equity benchmarks Nifty50 and Sensex opened on a positive note tracking global cues. Buying across sectors were keeping all the sectoral indices in the green on the NSE.

The NSE Nifty50 index was up 42 points at 10,425, while the BSE Sensex was 120 points up at 33,940 around 10:05 am (IST).

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 33 were trading in the green, while 17 were in the red.

Sun Pharma, Bharti Airtel, Tata Steel, Aurobindo Pharma and Tech Mahindra were among the top gainers in the Nifty pack of stocks.

However, GAIL, Eicher Motors, HPCL, Mahindra & Mahindra and Asian Paints were among the top losers in the Nifty50 index.