Stock market update: Nifty Auto index advances 0.57%
Shares of Hero MotoCorp Ltd.(up 2.93 per cent), Tata Motors Ltd.(up 2.62 per cent), Ashok Leyland Ltd.(up 1.66 per cent), Bajaj Auto Ltd.(up 1.14 per cent) and Bharat Forge Ltd.(up 0.73 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.
On the other hand, Tube Investments of India Ltd.(down 3.72 per cent), Bosch Ltd.(down 1.55 per cent), MRF Ltd.(down 1.31 per cent), TVS Motor Company Ltd.(down 0.13 per cent) and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.(down 0.11 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty Auto index closed 0.57 per cent up at 16184.4.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended up 114.75 points at 19638.3, while the BSE Sensex stood up 320.09 points at 65828.41.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 39 ended in the green, while 11 closed in the red.
Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, JP Power, Suzlon Energy and IOB were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Zodiac Clothing, Guj Mineral Dev., R R Kabel, Puravankara and Ashoka Buildcon hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Navin Fluorine, CMM Infraprojects, FutureLifestyleFash, Debock Sales & Mktg and Dangee Dums hit their fresh 52-week lows.
