Hero MotoCorp Ltd.(up 3.06 per cent), Tube Investments of India Ltd.(up 2.21 per cent), Balkrishna Industries Ltd.(up 1.87 per cent), Samvardhana Motherson International Ltd.(up 1.47 per cent) and Bajaj Auto Ltd.(up 1.43 per cent) were among the top gainers.
were the top losers on the index.
The Nifty Auto index was up 0.85 per cent at 18717.6 at the time of writing this report.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 48.25 points at 21666.95, while the BSE Sensex was up 138.87 points at 71796.58.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 32 were trading in the green, while 18 were in the red.
Shares of YES Bank, Easy Trip Planners, Indian Railway Fin, RattanIndia Power and TV18 Broadcast were among the most traded shares on the NSE.