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NEW DELHI: Reliance Communications (number of shares traded: 5.46 crore) Finished Thursday's session as the most traded stock on NSE.
It was followed by JP Associates (5.39 crore), Vakrangee (3.50 crore) and Dish TV India (2.83 crore).
PC Jeweller (2.61 crore), SAIL (2.53 crore), Punjab National Bank (1.91 crore), State Bank of India (1.85 crore), Kwality (1.74 crore) and Himachal Futuristic Communications (1.69 crore) also appeared in the league of most traded stocks, in that order.
Sustained selling in a majority of sectors, led by IT, bank and consumer durables, in the light of weak global cues weighed on market sentiment as benchmarks Nifty and Sensex snapped their 3-day winning streak on Thursday.
Sensex closed down by 139 points or 0.39 per cent to 35,600 on Thursday.
However, Nifty managed to hold the psychologically important level of 10,800.
The 50-share index settled 49 points, or 0.45 per cent, down at 10,808.
In the Nifty pack, 20 stocks settled in the green and 30 in the red.
The Sensex index saw 14 stocks advancing and 17 declining at the end of today's session.
Tech Mahindra, Tata Consultancy Services, Adani Ports, Indiabulls Housing Finance and Indian Oil Corporation stood as the top losers in the Nifty index.
