Stock market update: Nifty Auto index advances 0.2% in an upbeat market

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Auto index traded positive around 11:06AM(IST)on Friday in an upbeat market.

Ashok Leyland(up 5.69 per cent), Bharat Forge(up 1.39 per cent), Samvardhana Motherson International(up 1.16 per cent), Mahindra & Mahindra(up 0.62 per cent) and Bosch(up 0.57 per cent) were among the top gainers.

Bajaj Auto(down 1.35 per cent), Eicher Motors(down 1.08 per cent), Hero MotoCorp(down 0.36 per cent), TVS Motor Company(down 0.36 per cent) and Tata Motors(down 0.11 per cent) were the top losers on the index.


The Nifty Auto index was up 0.2 per cent at 14737.3 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 73.0 points at 18761.1, while the BSE Sensex was up 262.15 points at 63179.78.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 36 were trading in the green, while 14 were in the red.

Shares of Suzlon Energy, Reliance Power, Kalyan Jewellers Ind, Vodafone Idea and MRPL were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of IKIO Lighting Ltd., Ambica Agarbathi, Lokesh Machines, Windlas Biotech and GKW Ltd hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Kore Digital, M K Proteins, Rachana Infrastructu, Reliance Comm and Bodhi Tree Multimed hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.