Tata Motors (up 2.82 per cent), Bharat Forge (up 1.84 per cent), Ashok Leyland (up 1.09 per cent), Hero MotoCorp (up 1.0 per cent) and Bajaj Auto (up 0.87 per cent) were among the top gainers.
Balkrishna Industries (down 0.99 per cent) and Amara Raja Batteries (down 0.13 per cent) were the top losers on the index.
The Nifty Auto index was up 0.84 per cent at 10371.3 at the time of writing this report.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 169.25 points at 17715.9, while the BSE Sensex was up 580.04 points at 59507.37.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 41 were trading in the green, while 9 were in the red.
Shares of Vodafone Idea, Zee Ent., DLF, Tata Motors and YES Bank were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Cantabil Retail, GNA Axles, Acrysil, Bodhi Tree Multimed and Welspun India hit their fresh 52-week highs in today’s trade, while Shrem InvIT hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.
