Stock market update: Nifty Auto index advances 0.6% in an upbeat market

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Auto index traded positive around 10:09AM(IST)on Thursday in an upbeat market.

TIINDIA(up 1.36 per cent), Maruti Suzuki(up 0.99 per cent), Balkrishna Industries(up 0.88 per cent), Tata Motors(up 0.62 per cent) and Eicher Motors(up 0.59 per cent) were among the top gainers.

Ashok Leyland(down 0.17 per cent) and Bosch(down 0.04 per cent) were the top losers on the index.


The Nifty Auto index was up 0.6 per cent at 12171.55 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 86.8 points at 16053.45, while the BSE Sensex was up 290.12 points at 53804.27.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 40 were trading in the green, while 10 were in the red.

Shares of Zomato Ltd., Suzlon Energy, YES Bank, Vodafone Idea and Brightcom Group were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Spacenet Enterprise, GRP Ltd, PC Jeweller, TD Power Sys and Monte Carlo Fashion hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Suumaya Lifestyle, Sintex Plastics Tech, Future Consumer, JBF Industries and NGL Fine Chem hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.