Stock market update: Nifty Auto index advances 0.73% in an upbeat market

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Auto index traded positive around 10:55AM(IST)on Tuesday in an upbeat market.

Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.(up 2.26 per cent), Sona BLW Precision Forgings Ltd.(up 2.18 per cent), Bharat Forge Ltd.(up 1.59 per cent), Balkrishna Industries Ltd.(up 1.5 per cent) and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.(up 0.86 per cent) were among the top gainers.

Bajaj Auto Ltd.(down 1.06 per cent), Tube Investments of India Ltd.(down 0.6 per cent) and Eicher Motors Ltd.(down 0.36 per cent) were the top losers on the index.


The Nifty Auto index was up 0.73 per cent at 17816.2 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 150.85 points at 20837.65, while the BSE Sensex was up 443.36 points at 69308.48.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 34 were trading in the green, while 16 were in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, IFCI, YES Bank, PNB and JP Power were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Spencer's Retail, ENIL, Shradha Infraproject, Adani Ports SEZ and Inox Green Energy Se hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Raj Rayon, Winsome Yarns, Flair Writing Indust, ASK Automotive and Orient Bell hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.