Stock market update: Nifty Auto index advances 0.48% in a weak market

economictimes.indiatimes.com:

Samvardhana Motherson International(up 7.75 per cent), Hero MotoCorp(up 2.1 per cent), Balkrishna Industries(up 1.5 per cent), Bharat Forge(up 1.37 per cent) and Bajaj Auto(up 1.05 per cent) were among the top gainers. Eicher Motors(down 0.67 per cent), TVS Motor Company(down 0.61 per cent), Tata Motors(down 0.58 per cent), Mahindra & Mahindra(down 0.28 per cent) and TIINDIA(down 0.23 per cent) were the top losers on the index.

The Nifty Auto index was up 0.48 per cent at 15106.75 at the time of writing this report. Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 11.75 points at 19377.25, while the BSE Sensex was down 66.31 points at 65412.74.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 30 were trading in the green, while 20 were in the red. Shares of Suzlon Energy, YES Bank, PNB, Reliance Power and IDFC First Bank were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Genus Pwr Infra, Sunflag Iron, HPL Electric Power, MRPL and Swelect Energy hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Bodhi Tree Multimed, Bombay Metrics Suppl, Penta Gold, Cell Point(India)and Vilin Bio Med Ltd. hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.