Stock market update: Nifty Auto index advances 0.78%
Shares of Bosch Ltd.(up 3.84 per cent), TVS Motor Company Ltd.(up 3.07 per cent), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.(up 1.62 per cent), MRF Ltd.(up 0.87 per cent) and Bajaj Auto Ltd.(up 0.83 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.
On the other hand, Ashok Leyland Ltd.(down 1.04 per cent), Hero MotoCorp Ltd.(down 0.4 per cent) and Tube Investments of India Ltd.(down 0.26 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty Auto index closed 0.78 per cent up at 16301.7.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended down 17.35 points at 19794.0, while the BSE Sensex stood down 64.66 points at 66408.39.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 30 ended in the green, while 20 closed in the red.
Shares of Vodafone Idea, IFCI, MMTC, Zomato and JP Power were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Sical Logistics, MMTC, Cupid Ltd, Mukta Arts and Plastiblend Ind hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Shree Ram Proteins, Baid Leasing, Accuracy Shipping, Rajesh Exports and Winsome Yarns hit their fresh 52-week lows.
