Stock market update: Nifty Auto index advances 0.21%
Shares of Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.(up 2.43 per cent), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.(up 1.5 per cent), Hero MotoCorp Ltd.(up 0.72 per cent) and Balkrishna Industries Ltd.(up 0.7 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.
On the other hand, Tube Investments of India Ltd.(down 2.54 per cent), Sona BLW Precision Forgings Ltd.(down 1.84 per cent), Bajaj Auto Ltd.(down 1.65 per cent), Tata Motors Ltd.(down 1.05 per cent) and Eicher Motors Ltd.(down 0.76 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty Auto index closed 0.21 per cent up at 16234.35.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended down 68.1 points at 19674.25, while the BSE Sensex stood down 221.09 points at 66009.15.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 19 ended in the green, while 30 closed in the red.
Shares of Vodafone Idea, IOB, JP Power, SJVN and YES Bank were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of PNB Gilts, Nelcast, Sonu Infratech, HUDCO and IFCI hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Yasons Chemex Care, Jiwanram Sheoduttrai, Jalan Transolutions, FutureLifestyleFash and Dangee Dums hit their fresh 52-week lows.
