NEW DELHI: Punjab National Bank (number of shares traded: 0.63 crore), SAIL (0.51 crore) and Sun Pharma (0.36 crore) were among the most active stocks in terms of volume on NSE in morning trade on Tuesday.

Shares of Vedanta (0.32 crore), JSW Steel (0.29 crore), State Bank of India (0.27 crore), Hindalco Industries (0.27 crore), Tata Motors (0.17 crore), Idea Cellular (0.16 crore), Ashok Leyland (0.16 crore), ICICI Bank (0.15 crore) and Reliance Industries (0.14 crore) were also in the league of most active stocks in terms of volume.

Benchmark indices opened on a firm note on Tuesday amid ease in concerns over US President Donald Trump-led 'trade war'.

Most Asian markets mirrored gains seen on US stocks in overnight trade.

The NSE Nifty index was trading 66 points up at 10,425, while BSE Sensex was 224 points up at 33,971 around 09:50 am (IST).

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty50 pack, 38 were trading in the green, while 12 were in the red.

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Vedanta, Tata Steel, IndusInd Bank, Indiabulls Housing Finance, YES Bank, Hindalco Industries, Housing Development Finance Corporation and Tata Motors were among the top gainers in the Nifty pack of stocks.

On the other hand, Bharti Infratel, Tech Mahindra, Mahindra & Mahindra, Lupin, Eicher Motors, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries and Power Grid Corporation of India were among the losers in the Nifty50 index.