INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
NEW DELHI: Uttam Value Steels (number of shares traded: 7.67 crore) finished Friday's session as the most traded stock on NSE.
It was
followed by Ashok Leyland (3.89 crore), Reliance Communications (3.24 crore), IDBI Bank (2.86 crore), ICICI Bank (2.60 crore), Jaiprakash
Associates (2.55 crore) and Punjab National Bank (2.08 crore).
Extending the gains to the second consecutive session, frontline indices
Nifty50 and Sensex ended up in the positive territory on Friday, underpinned by gains in bank, auto, oil gas and capital goods stocks amid
mixed global cues.
The BSE Sensex settled at 35,657.86, up by 83 points, or 0.23 per cent
Overall, 16 stocks in the index closed the day in the green, while 13 in the red
Two stocks remained unchanged
The Nifty50 finished day's session at 10,772.65, up by 23 points, or 0.21 per cent, with 24 stocks in the green and 26 in the red.
For
the week, Sensex gained 0.66 per cent and Nifty moved up by 0.54 per cent.
Nifty Auto stood as the top gainer among the sectoral indices,
followed by realty, PSU bank and IT indices.
HPCL, Hero MotoCorp and Tata Motors stood as the top gainers in the Nifty index.