Stock market update: Nifty Auto index advances 0.79%
Shares of Bharat Forge Ltd.(up 4.35 per cent), Hero MotoCorp Ltd.(up 2.5 per cent), Eicher Motors Ltd.(up 2.41 per cent), Samvardhana Motherson International Ltd.(up 1.49 per cent) and Sona BLW Precision Forgings Ltd.(up 1.4 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.
On the other hand, Tube Investments of India Ltd.(down 1.81 per cent), MRF Ltd.(down 0.3 per cent) and Tata Motors Ltd.(down 0.22 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty Auto index closed 0.79 per cent up at 16172.75.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended up 181.15 points at 19411.75, while the BSE Sensex stood up 594.91 points at 64958.69.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 44 ended in the green, while 6 closed in the red.
Shares of JP Power, Reliance Power, Zomato, Vodafone Idea and YES Bank were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Chembond Chem, IFGL Refractories, Industrial Invst, Noida Toll Brid and Bajaj Hindusthan Su hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Sheetal Cool, Penta Gold, Atam Valves, Compuage Infocom and Anzen India Energy hit their fresh 52-week lows.
