Stock market update: Nifty Auto index falls 0.53% in an upbeat market

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Auto index traded negative around 10:24AM (IST) on Thursday in an upbeat market.

Balkrishna Industries (up 1.47 per cent), MRF (up 0.74 per cent), Bosch (up 0.73 per cent), Bharat Forge (up 0.17 per cent) and Amara Raja Batteries (up 0.15 per cent) were among the top gainers.

TIINDIA (down 1.11 per cent), Tata Motors (down 0.98 per cent), Maruti Suzuki (down 0.88 per cent), Mahindra & Mahindra (down 0.88 per cent) and Hero MotoCorp (down 0.76 per cent) were the top losers on the index.

The Nifty Auto index was down 0.53 per cent at 9991.15 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 38.25 points at 17114.5, while the BSE Sensex was up 123.09 points at 57461.3.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 29 were trading in the green, while 20 were in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, BHEL, Vedanta and NHPC were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Yuken India, TD Power Sys, Jindal Photo, Consolidated Fin and Pioneer Distil hit their fresh 52-week highs in today’s trade, while Inventure Grwth hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.

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