Stock market update: Nifty Auto index falls 0.08% in an upbeat market
Bharat Forge Ltd.(up 0.73 per cent), Tube Investments of India Ltd.(up 0.65 per cent), Balkrishna Industries Ltd.(up 0.44 per cent), Tata Motors Ltd.(up 0.18 per cent) and Eicher Motors Ltd.(up 0.11 per cent) were among the top gainers.
Ashok Leyland Ltd.(down 0.56 per cent), Hero MotoCorp Ltd.(down 0.45 per cent), Bosch Ltd.(down 0.3 per cent), TVS Motor Company Ltd.(down 0.27 per cent) and Bajaj Auto Ltd.(down 0.24 per cent) were the top losers on the index.
The Nifty Auto index was down 0.08 per cent at 17853.25 at the time of writing this report.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 80.75 points at 20981.9, while the BSE Sensex was up 290.33 points at 69812.02.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 36 were trading in the green, while 14 were in the red.
Shares of GMR Infra, Indian Renewable, Vodafone Idea, IRB Infra Dev.
and Reliance Power were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Aakash Exploration, Spencer's Retail, Orchid Pharma, Steel City Securitie and Nagreeka Export hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Raj Rayon, Blue Jet Healthcare, Winsome Yarns, ASK Automotive and Sezal Glass hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.
