NEW DELHI: With over 21.60 crore shares changing hands, Reliance Communications emerged as the most traded stock on NSE on Friday.It was followed by GMR Infrastructure (number of shares traded: 15.49 crore).Vakrangee (5.80 crore), CG Power and Industrial Solutions (5.49 crore), Jaiprakash Associates (3.67 crore), Suzlon Energy (3.39 crore), ICICI Bank (2.97 crore), PC Jeweller (2.49 crore), SAIL (2.45 crore), IDFC Bank (2.32 crore) and Punjab National Bank (2.06 crore) also featured among the most traded stocks on NSE.Indian equity benchmarks landed in the negative terrain on Friday as losses in bank, financial and FMCG counters outpaced gains in auto and telecom stocks.The Sensex closed 95 points, or 0.27 per cent, down at 35,227, with 11 stocks advancing and 20 declining.The Nifty finished the day 40 points, or 0.37 per cent, down at 10,696, with 15 stocks in the green and 34 in the red.
One stock remained unchanged in the index.Barring Nifty Auto, all sectors closed the day in the red, with realty and PSU bank stocks falling over 1 per cent.Godrej Consumer Products, Hindustan Unilever, Nestle India and Torrent Pharmaceuticals hit 52-week highs on NSE.Shares of Bajaj Auto, Maruti Suzuki India and Bharti Airtel finished Friday's trade as the top gainers of Nifty index.