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The domestic equity market was trading rangebound in late morning trade, but there were plenty of stocks that caught investors’ fancy on Wednesday.  Most active stocks in terms of volume  ICICI Bank (number of shares traded: 0.62 crore), DLF (0.46 crore), PNB (0.46 crore), PowerGrid (0.36 crore), Vedanta Ltd (0.33 crore), Hindalco Inds. (0.31 crore), ONGC (0.27 crore), Bank of Baroda (0.26 crore), SBI (0.26 crore), Axis Bank (0.21 crore), Ashok Leyland (0.21 crore), Tata Motors (0.20 crore), ITC (0.20 crore), Idea Cellular (0.18 crore), HDFC (0.17 crore), NMDC (0.16 crore), PFC (0.16 crore), JSW Steel (0.15 crore), SAIL (0.14 crore) and Indiabulls Housing Finance (0.14 crore) were among the most traded securities on the National Stock Exchange in Wednesday ’s session till 11.30 am (IST).  Most active stocks in terms of value  HDFC (Rs 270.62 crore), TCS (Rs 189.66 crore), ICICI Bank (Rs 169.99 crore), Indiabulls Houging Finance (Rs 153.56 crore), Cumm...

Aberdeen Private Equity Fund Ltd (LON:APEF) insider Philip Hebson purchased 3,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, March 15th. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 120 ($1.48) per share, for a total transaction of £3,600 ($4,446.09). Aberdeen Private Equity Fund Ltd (LON:APEF) opened at 120.25 on Tuesday. The company has a 50 day moving average of GBX 1.49 and a 200 day moving average of GBX 1.48. Aberdeen Private Equity Fund Ltd has a 1-year low of GBX 84.69 and a 1-year high of GBX 121.25. Separately, Liberum Capital assumed coverage on shares of Aberdeen Private Equity Fund in a research note on Wednesday, February 8th. They issued a “buy” rating on the stock. About Aberdeen Private Equity Fund Aberdeen Private Equity Fund Limited is a closed-ended investment company. The Company’s investment objective is to maximize total returns to shareholders, principally through long-term capital gains. The Company aims to achi...