Stock market update: Nifty Auto index advances 0.22% in an upbeat market
Samvardhana Motherson International Ltd.(up 1.81 per cent), Tata Motors Ltd.(up 1.7 per cent), Sona BLW Precision Forgings Ltd.(up 0.84 per cent), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.(up 0.6 per cent) and Ashok Leyland Ltd.(up 0.41 per cent) were among the top gainers.
Tube Investments of India Ltd.(down 0.92 per cent), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.(down 0.61 per cent), Eicher Motors Ltd.(down 0.59 per cent), Balkrishna Industries Ltd.(down 0.54 per cent) and Hero MotoCorp Ltd.(down 0.54 per cent) were the top losers on the index.
The Nifty Auto index was up 0.22 per cent at 18357.8 at the time of writing this report.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 119.71 points at 21637.05, while the BSE Sensex was up 395.47 points at 71752.07.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 30 were trading in the green, while 20 were in the red.
Shares of Reliance Power, Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, HFCL and JP Power were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
