Stock market update: Nifty Auto index advances 1.35% in a weak market

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Auto index traded positive around 11:16AM(IST)on Tuesday in a weak market.

TVS Motor Company(up 9.48 per cent), Ashok Leyland(up 3.87 per cent), Bosch(up 3.19 per cent), Tata Motors(up 2.76 per cent) and Mahindra & Mahindra(up 1.78 per cent) were among the top gainers.

Maruti Suzuki(down 1.31 per cent) were the top losers on the index.

The Nifty Auto index was up 1.35 per cent at 11803.2 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 40.4 points at 18028.15, while the BSE Sensex was down 177.48 points at 60368.13.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 22 were trading in the green, while 28 were in the red.

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

Shares of Patel Integrat(PP), Lakshmi Finance, Indian Terrain, Allied Digital and SML Isuzu hit their fresh 52-week highs in today’s trade, while Quadpro ITeS Ltd. and Opto Circuits hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.

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