Stock market update: Nifty Auto index advances 0.69%
Shares of TVS Motor Company Ltd.(up 3.76 per cent), Hero MotoCorp Ltd.(up 1.66 per cent), Bajaj Auto Ltd.(up 1.45 per cent), Sona BLW Precision Forgings Ltd.(up 1.13 per cent) and MRF Ltd.(up 1.06 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.
On the other hand, Tube Investments of India Ltd.(down 1.15 per cent), Samvardhana Motherson International Ltd.(down 1.15 per cent), Balkrishna Industries Ltd.(down 0.38 per cent) and Ashok Leyland Ltd.(down 0.02 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty Auto index closed 0.69 per cent up at 16905.5.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended down 33.4 points at 19731.8, while the BSE Sensex stood down 187.75 points at 65794.73.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 28 ended in the green, while 22 closed in the red.
Shares of YES Bank, Reliance Power, Vodafone Idea, JP Power and Suzlon Energy were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Tata Investment, GE Power India, HB Stockholding, Urja Global and AGS Transact Tech hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while APM Finvest, Rajesh Exports, Winsome Yarns, ESAF Small Finance and Diamines Chem hit their fresh 52-week lows.
