Stock market update: Nifty Auto index falls 0.07%
Shares of Eicher Motors Ltd.(up 1.84 per cent), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.(up 0.91 per cent), Hero MotoCorp Ltd.(up 0.11 per cent) and Balkrishna Industries Ltd.(up 0.03 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.
On the other hand, Sona BLW Precision Forgings Ltd.(down 1.93 per cent), Samvardhana Motherson International Ltd.(down 1.48 per cent), Bharat Forge Ltd.(down 1.38 per cent), Tube Investments of India Ltd.(down 1.1 per cent) and Ashok Leyland Ltd.(down 1.1 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty Auto index closed 0.07 per cent down at 16365.3.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended down 82.0 points at 19443.55, while the BSE Sensex stood down 325.58 points at 64933.87.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 16 ended in the green, while 34 closed in the red.
Shares of YES Bank, Reliance Power, JP Power, Vodafone Idea and Infibeam Avenues were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Crest Ventures, Everest Kanto, SMC Global Secur, Wockhardt and Thejo Engg hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Compuage Infocom, Penta Gold, Amines Plastic, SS Infrastructure and Fourth Dimension Sol hit their fresh 52-week lows.
