Stock market update: Nifty Auto index advances 0.65% in an upbeat market

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

Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.(up 2.49 per cent), Apollo Tyres Ltd.(up 1.45 per cent), Ashok Leyland Ltd.(up 1.01 per cent), MRF Ltd.(up 0.7 per cent) and Samvardhana Motherson International Ltd.(up 0.47 per cent) were among the top gainers.

TVS Motor Company Ltd.(down 1.43 per cent), Bosch Ltd.(down 0.46 per cent), Hero MotoCorp Ltd.(down 0.44 per cent), Balkrishna Industries Ltd.(down 0.33 per cent) and Eicher Motors Ltd.(down 0.22 per cent) were the top losers on the index.


The Nifty Auto index was up 0.65 per cent at 23622.85 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 49.5 points at 22538.15, while the BSE Sensex was up 179.1 points at 74064.7.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 25 were trading in the green, while 25 were in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, RattanIndia Power, YES Bank, NHPC and GMR Infra were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Bharat Rasayan, J Kumar Infra, E2E Networks, Creative Eye and A2Z Infra Engg hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while N K Industries, Revathi Equipment, Awfis Space Solution, Radaan Media and SEL Manufacturing Co hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.