Stock market update: Nifty Auto index advances 0.12%

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Auto index closed on a positive note on Monday.

Shares of Tata Motors(up 2.41 per cent), Maruti Suzuki(up 2.14 per cent), TIINDIA(up 2.08 per cent), Balkrishna Industries(up 0.53 per cent) and TVS Motor Company(up 0.36 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.

On the other hand, Amara Raja Batteries(down 4.39 per cent), Mahindra & Mahindra(down 2.2 per cent), Bajaj Auto(down 1.26 per cent), Bosch(down 1.14 per cent) and MRF(down 1.0 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.

The Nifty Auto index closed 0.12 per cent up at 11814.8.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended up 138.5 points at 18477.05, while the BSE Sensex stood up 459.64 points at 61765.59.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 32 ended in the green, while 18 closed in the red.

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

Shares of Bhagiradha Chem, SML Isuzu, Vishwaraj Sugar, United Drilling and INEOS Styrolution hit their fresh 52-week highs in today’s trade, while Servotech Power Syst, Destiny Logistics & Infra Ltd., Pasupati Acrylon, Jiya Eco Products Lt and Coastal Corp hit their fresh 52-week lows.

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