Stock market update: Nifty Auto index advances 0.84%
Shares of Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.(up 2.52 per cent), Hero MotoCorp Ltd.(up 1.62 per cent), TVS Motor Company Ltd.(up 1.53 per cent), Tata Motors Ltd.(up 1.0 per cent) and Bajaj Auto Ltd.(up 0.89 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.
On the other hand, Bharat Forge Ltd.(down 1.13 per cent), Balkrishna Industries Ltd.(down 0.47 per cent), Bosch Ltd.(down 0.39 per cent), MRF Ltd.(down 0.21 per cent) and Sona BLW Precision Forgings Ltd.(down 0.05 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty Auto index closed 0.84 per cent up at 16563.9.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended down 59.05 points at 20133.3, while the BSE Sensex stood down 241.79 points at 67596.84.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 27 ended in the green, while 23 closed in the red.
Shares of YES Bank, JP Power, Vodafone Idea, Central Bank and UCO Bank were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of KIOCL, IOB, PTL Enterprises, UCO Bank and Ramco Systems hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while J B Chemicals, Setubandhan Infra, Viaz Tyres, Penta Gold and Ratnaveer Precision hit their fresh 52-week lows.
