Stock market update: Nifty Auto index advances 0.36% in an upbeat market

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Auto index traded positive around 10:40AM (IST) on Friday in an upbeat market.

Mahindra & Mahindra (up 1.32 per cent), Eicher Motors (up 1.1 per cent), Bajaj Auto (up 0.61 per cent), Maruti Suzuki (up 0.52 per cent) and Tata Motors (up 0.48 per cent) were among the top gainers.

TIINDIA (down 1.28 per cent), Bharat Forge (down 0.9 per cent), Exide Industries (down 0.85 per cent), Amara Raja Batteries (down 0.49 per cent) and Ashok Leyland (down 0.47 per cent) were the top losers on the index.

The Nifty Auto index was up 0.36 per cent at 10410.3 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 103.9 points at 17926.85, while the BSE Sensex was up 393.65 points at 60279.01.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 27 were trading in the green, while 23 were in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, Zee Ent., BHEL, YES Bank and GMR Infra were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of KPR Mill, Sansera Engineering Ltd., Gujarat Alkalie, Oberoi Realty and Saksoft Ltd hit their fresh 52-week highs in today’s trade, while CarTrade Tech Ltd., Suvidhaa Infoserve Ltd. and Shrem InvIT hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.

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