Stock market update: Nifty Auto index advances 1.09%

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Auto index closed on a positive note on Tuesday.

Shares of TVS Motor Company(up 2.88 per cent), Tata Motors(up 1.74 per cent), Maruti Suzuki(up 1.61 per cent), Hero MotoCorp(up 1.19 per cent) and Mahindra & Mahindra(up 1.13 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.

On the other hand, Samvardhana Motherson International(down 0.68 per cent), Sona BLW Precision Forgings(down 0.19 per cent) and MRF(down 0.17 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.


The Nifty Auto index closed 1.09 per cent up at 14729.5.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended up 5.15 points at 18599.0, while the BSE Sensex stood up 5.41 points at 62792.88.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 28 ended in the green, while 22 closed in the red.

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

Shares of Maan Aluminium, ADF Foods, HBL Power, Force Motors and Munjal Showa hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Tirupati Forge, SITI Networks, Bombay Metrics Suppl, Quicktouch Technolog and Advitiya Trade India hit their fresh 52-week lows.