Balkrishna Industries (up 3.42 per cent), Ashok Leyland (up 1.81 per cent), Tata Motors (up 1.36 per cent), Eicher Motors (up 1.35 per cent) and Maruti Suzuki (up 1.32 per cent) were among the top gainers.
TIINDIA (down 1.11 per cent), Exide Industries (down 1.04 per cent) and TVS Motor Company (down 0.77 per cent) were the top losers on the index.
The Nifty Auto index was up 0.98 per cent at 10147.3 at the time of writing this report.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 88.7 points at 15851.75, while the BSE Sensex was up 278.61 points at 52865.45.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 40 were trading in the green, while 10 were in the red.
Shares of Vodafone Idea, Trident Ltd, IDFC First Bank, BHEL and GTL Infra were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Stylam Ind, MPS Infotecnics, Walpar Nutritions Ltd., Summit Sec and Zota Healthcare hit their fresh 52-week highs in today’s trade, while OCL Iron Steel, DQ Entertainmnt and Viceroy Hotels hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.
