Stock market update: Nifty Auto index advances 1.14%
Shares of Samvardhana Motherson International Ltd.(up 3.82 per cent), Ashok Leyland Ltd.(up 2.42 per cent), Tata Motors Ltd.(up 1.36 per cent), Tube Investments of India Ltd.(up 1.31 per cent) and Bosch Ltd.(up 1.03 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.
On the other hand, Eicher Motors Ltd.(down 2.53 per cent), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.(down 1.5 per cent), Bajaj Auto Ltd.(down 1.41 per cent), Hero MotoCorp Ltd.(down 0.5 per cent) and TVS Motor Company Ltd.(down 0.33 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty Auto index closed 1.14 per cent up at 18618.2.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended down 47.3 points at 21731.4, while the BSE Sensex stood down 170.12 points at 72240.26.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 20 ended in the green, while 30 closed in the red.
Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, JP Power, Reliance Power and Indian Railway Fin were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Sanginita Chemicals, Oricon Enterpr, Ahlada Engineers, Max India and Akash Infra-Proj hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Penta Gold, Akshar Spintex, SS Infrastructure, Raj Rayon and Bajel Projects hit their fresh 52-week lows.
