Authors: TheIndianSubcontinent News AgencyNEW DELHI: HCL Tech (Rs 358.19 crore), Kotak Mahindra Bank (Rs 295.68 crore) and HDFC (Rs 219.32 crore) were among the most active stocks in terms of value on NSE during the early trade on Wednesday.Tata Motors (Rs 212.89 crore), Maruti Suzuki (Rs 197.60 crore), Tata Consultancy Services (Rs 177.17 crore), Larsen Toubro (Rs 172.51 crore), YES Bank (Rs 135.27 crore), Infosys (Rs 134.35 crore), Reliance Industries (Rs 132.73 crore), Axis Bank (Rs 130.12 crore) and InterGlobe Aviation (Rs 100.75 crore) too were among the most active stocks in terms of value on NSE.Equity benchmarks erased the gains of the opening session and were trading in the red on selling in IT, metal and bank stocks.The NSE Nifty index was trading 18 points down at 10,721, while the BSE Sensex was down 36 points at 35,124 around 10:15 am (IST).Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 19 were trading in the green, while 31 were in the red.
Kotak Mahindra Bank (up 3.17 per cent), Zee Entertainment Enterprises (up 2.33 per cent), Bajaj Auto (up 2.29 per cent), Cipla (up 1.45 per cent), Tata Motors (up 1.42 per cent) and Bajaj Finance (up 0.99 per cent) were the top gainers in the Nifty index.On the other hand, HCL Technologies (down 2.95 per cent), Vedanta (down 2.43 per cent), ICICI Bank (down 1.81 per cent), Coal India (down 1.70 per cent) and Tata Consultancy Services (down 1.42 per cent) were the top drags on the Nifty pack.