Stock market update: Nifty Auto index falls 0.26% in a weak market

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Auto index traded negative around 10:24AM (IST) on Wednesday in a weak market.

TIINDIA (up 0.89 per cent), Tata Motors (up 0.71 per cent), Amara Raja Batteries (up 0.56 per cent), Bharat Forge (up 0.37 per cent) and Mahindra & Mahindra (up 0.32 per cent) were among the top gainers.

Eicher Motors (down 1.25 per cent), TVS Motor Company (down 1.25 per cent), Bajaj Auto (down 0.86 per cent), Maruti Suzuki (down 0.76 per cent) and Exide Industries (down 0.56 per cent) were the top losers on the index.

The Nifty Auto index was down 0.26 per cent at 10126.0 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 5.55 points at 17356.55, while the BSE Sensex was down 51.19 points at 58228.29.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 25 were trading in the green, while 25 were in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, IDFC First Bank, NALCO and PNB were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Rex Pipes and Cables Industries Ltd., Arman Financial, Goldiam Intnl, Anmol India and Neogen Chemicals hit their fresh 52-week highs in today’s trade, while Nandani Creation, Ujjivan Financial and Jalan Transolutions hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.

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