Stock market update: Nifty Auto index advances 0.46% in a weak market
Eicher Motors Ltd.(up 2.96 per cent), Bajaj Auto Ltd.(up 1.54 per cent), TVS Motor Company Ltd.(up 1.45 per cent), Sona BLW Precision Forgings Ltd.(up 1.25 per cent) and Hero MotoCorp Ltd.(up 1.06 per cent) were among the top gainers.
Ashok Leyland Ltd.(down 1.47 per cent), Tube Investments of India Ltd.(down 0.69 per cent), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.(down 0.32 per cent), Balkrishna Industries Ltd.(down 0.28 per cent) and Bosch Ltd.(down 0.11 per cent) were the top losers on the index.
The Nifty Auto index was up 0.46 per cent at 16295.5 at the time of writing this report.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 3.95 points at 19678.5, while the BSE Sensex was down 26.55 points at 65997.14.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 27 were trading in the green, while 22 were in the red.
Shares of Vodafone Idea, JP Power, IOB, IFCI and YES Bank were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Winsome Yarns, Airan Ltd., Selan Expl Tech, Kennametal India and IFCI hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Yudiz Solutions, Essen Speciality Fil, Sungarner Energies, Unihealth Consultanc and Pramara Promotions hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.
