Stock market update: Nifty Auto index advances 0.1% in an upbeat market

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Auto index traded positive around 10:04AM(IST)on Tuesday in an upbeat market.

Bajaj Auto Ltd.(up 1.9 per cent), Hero MotoCorp Ltd.(up 1.79 per cent), Balkrishna Industries Ltd.(up 1.14 per cent), Bharat Forge Ltd.(up 0.46 per cent) and TVS Motor Company Ltd.(up 0.45 per cent) were among the top gainers.

Tube Investments of India Ltd.(down 3.03 per cent), Eicher Motors Ltd.(down 0.84 per cent), Sona BLW Precision Forgings Ltd.(down 0.71 per cent), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.(down 0.3 per cent) and Tata Motors Ltd.(down 0.22 per cent) were the top losers on the index.


The Nifty Auto index was up 0.1 per cent at 17870.4 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 29.15 points at 21026.25, while the BSE Sensex was up 61.39 points at 69989.92.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 34 were trading in the green, while 15 were in the red.

Shares of YES Bank, Indian Renewable, JP Power, Reliance Power and Indian Railway Fin were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Energy Deve Co, Indian Renewable, BAG Films, J&K Bank and Delta Manufacturing hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Bohra Industries, Raj Rayon, Winsome Yarns, Digicontent and Sintercom India hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.