Stock market update: Nifty Auto index falls 0.36% in an upbeat market

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Auto index traded negative around 09:59AM(IST)on Wednesday in an upbeat market.

Eicher Motors Ltd.(up 1.11 per cent), Bosch Ltd.(up 0.96 per cent), Samvardhana Motherson International Ltd.(up 0.61 per cent), MRF Ltd.(up 0.44 per cent) and Balkrishna Industries Ltd.(up 0.32 per cent) were among the top gainers.

Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.(down 1.49 per cent), Bharat Forge Ltd.(down 1.37 per cent), Bajaj Auto Ltd.(down 1.2 per cent), Hero MotoCorp Ltd.(down 0.96 per cent) and Tata Motors Ltd.(down 0.64 per cent) were the top losers on the index.


The Nifty Auto index was down 0.36 per cent at 21169.4 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 43.55 points at 23372.1, while the BSE Sensex was up 131.33 points at 76866.22.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 29 were trading in the green, while 21 were in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, IREDA, YES Bank, Ola Electric Mobilit and Zee Ent. were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Panacea Biotec, Sangam Renewables, NACL Industries, Gallantt Metal and Eicher Motors hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Keerti Knowledge, ABM International, Kesoram Inds., Gensol Engg and Visa Steel Ltd hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.