New Delhi, Feb. 20 -- The Indian stock market erased its early losses and traded with decent gains in the latter part of the first half of Friday's session (February 20), largely driven by short covering after a steep fall in the previous session.

The Nifty 50 was 134 points, or 0.53%, up at 25,589 around 11 am.

Meanwhile, Vodafone Idea, Easy Trip Planners, Dharan Infra, Ola Electric Mobility, Tata Silver Exchange Traded Fund, Brainbees Solutions (Firstcry), Tata Gold Exchange Traded Fund, Suzlon Energy, and YES Bank were among the most traded stocks on the NSE around that time.

Vodafone Idea: Around 10:35 am, over 10 crore shares of the company had changed hands. The telecom stock was about half a per cent up at Rs.11.32 at that time....