Stock market update: Nifty Auto index advances 1.37% in a weak market

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Auto index traded positive around 10:19AM(IST)on Monday in a weak market.

Hero MotoCorp(up 2.74 per cent), Maruti Suzuki(up 2.39 per cent), Bajaj Auto(up 1.96 per cent), Ashok Leyland(up 1.62 per cent) and Sona BLW Precision Forgings(up 1.57 per cent) were among the top gainers.

MRF(down 0.3 per cent) were the top losers on the index.


The Nifty Auto index was up 1.37 per cent at 12412.0 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 3.75 points at 17356.0, while the BSE Sensex was down 28.16 points at 58963.36.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 0 were trading in the green, while 0 were in the red.

Shares of YES Bank, Rail Vikas Nigam, Vodafone Idea, Suzlon Energy and GMR Infra were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Systango Technologie, TTK Healthcare, Asian Hotels, Pondy Oxides and IZMO hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Vikas Proppant & Gr, TCI Finance, Eastern Silk, Next Mediaworks and Nirman Agri Genetics hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.