Stock market update: Nifty Auto index advances 0.68% in an upbeat market

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Auto index traded positive around 10:24AM(IST)on Friday in an upbeat market.

Tube Investments of India Ltd.(up 3.2 per cent), Samvardhana Motherson International Ltd.(up 2.85 per cent), Sona BLW Precision Forgings Ltd.(up 1.75 per cent), Hero MotoCorp Ltd.(up 1.67 per cent) and Balkrishna Industries Ltd.(up 1.13 per cent) were among the top gainers.

Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.(down 0.29 per cent) were the top losers on the index.


The Nifty Auto index was up 0.68 per cent at 18452.0 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 74.5 points at 21733.1, while the BSE Sensex was up 220.2 points at 72067.77.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 35 were trading in the green, while 15 were in the red.

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

Shares of Madhav Marbles, Alok Industries, Endurance Tech., Kothari Prod and Transindia Real Esta hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Raj Rayon, GIR Natureview and 3rd Rock MultiMedia hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.