Stock market update: Nifty Auto index advances 0.1%
Shares of Samvardhana Motherson International Ltd.(up 4.65 per cent), Tube Investments of India Ltd.(up 2.21 per cent), Eicher Motors Ltd.(up 0.99 per cent), Balkrishna Industries Ltd.(up 0.93 per cent) and Bharat Forge Ltd.(up 0.59 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.
On the other hand, Sona BLW Precision Forgings Ltd.(down 1.51 per cent), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.(down 0.97 per cent), Bajaj Auto Ltd.(down 0.67 per cent), Tata Motors Ltd.(down 0.35 per cent) and Ashok Leyland Ltd.(down 0.24 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty Auto index closed 0.1 per cent up at 15943.6.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended up 93.5 points at 19528.8, while the BSE Sensex stood up 240.98 points at 65628.14.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 31 ended in the green, while 19 closed in the red.
Shares of YES Bank, Indian Railway Fin, JP Power, Vodafone Idea and Rail Vikas Nigam were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of MMTC, Indian Railway Fin, De Neers Tools, All E Technologies and JP Associates hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while CMI Ltd, Penta Gold, Rajvir Ind, FutureLifestyleFash and Sanco Industries hit their fresh 52-week lows.
