Stock market update: Nifty Auto index advances 0.71% in an upbeat market
TVS Motor Company(up 2.74 per cent), Ashok Leyland(up 1.25 per cent), Mahindra & Mahindra(up 1.1 per cent), Eicher Motors(up 1.04 per cent) and Bajaj Auto(up 0.92 per cent) were among the top gainers.
Sona BLW Precision Forgings(down 0.71 per cent), Bharat Forge(down 0.24 per cent) and Balkrishna Industries(down 0.04 per cent) were the top losers on the index.
The Nifty Auto index was up 0.71 per cent at 15688.9 at the time of writing this report.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 105.45 points at 19448.1, while the BSE Sensex was up 371.46 points at 65447.28.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 42 were trading in the green, while 8 were in the red.
Shares of Reliance Power, Zomato, Suzlon Energy, JP Power and Vodafone Idea were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Pritika Engineering, Ameya Precision Engi, Shakti Pumps, Delta Manufacturing and P E Analytics hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Penta Gold, Proventus Agrocom, BKM Industries, Rajnandini Metal and Rajesh Exports hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.
