Stock market update: Nifty Auto index advances 0.61% in an upbeat market

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Auto index traded positive around 10:44AM(IST)on Tuesday in an upbeat market.

Hero MotoCorp(up 2.27 per cent), Eicher Motors(up 2.04 per cent), Bajaj Auto(up 0.94 per cent), Mahindra & Mahindra(up 0.82 per cent) and Tata Motors(up 0.65 per cent) were among the top gainers.

Amara Raja Batteries(down 1.34 per cent), MRF(down 0.78 per cent), Exide Industries(down 0.67 per cent), Bosch(down 0.66 per cent) and TIINDIA(down 0.56 per cent) were the top losers on the index.


The Nifty Auto index was up 0.61 per cent at 11174.85 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 36.3 points at 16879.1, while the BSE Sensex was up 152.36 points at 56558.2.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 29 were trading in the green, while 20 were in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, Reliance Power, Suzlon Energy, JP Power and YES Bank were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Excel Ind, Rajnandini Metal, Consolidated Fin, Focus Lighting and Mahalaxmi Rub hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Manappuram Finance, Repco Home Fin, Rossari Biotech, Mallcom(India)and Gayatri Project hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.