Bharat Forge(up 2.45 per cent), Hero MotoCorp(up 2.22 per cent), TVS Motor Company(up 1.11 per cent), TIINDIA(up 1.04 per cent) and Balkrishna Industries(up 0.67 per cent) were among the top gainers.
Amara Raja Batteries(down 1.41 per cent), Bosch(down 1.0 per cent), Ashok Leyland(down 0.96 per cent), Mahindra & Mahindra(down 0.9 per cent) and Bajaj Auto(down 0.71 per cent) were the top losers on the index.
The Nifty Auto index was up 0.17 per cent at 11726.45 at the time of writing this report.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 39.0 points at 18141.75, while the BSE Sensex was up 150.49 points at 60837.18.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 27 were trading in the green, while 23 were in the red.
Shares of Vodafone Idea, Zomato Ltd., ONGC, PB Fintech Ltd. and NALCO were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Sigachi Industries Ltd., Jainam Ferro Alloys(I)Ltd., Lovable Lingerie, Mirza Intnl and Suprajit Engg hit their fresh 52-week highs in today’s trade, while Network People Services Technologies Ltd., IOL Chemicals, Vikas Proppant & Gr, IRIS Business Servic and Nidan Laboratories And Healthcare Ltd. hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.