Stock market update: Nifty Auto index advances 0.78% in an upbeat market

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Auto index traded positive around 10:24AM(IST)on Wednesday in an upbeat market.

Tata Motors(up 2.57 per cent), Bharat Forge(up 1.87 per cent), Bosch(up 1.14 per cent), MRF(up 1.03 per cent) and TVS Motor Company(up 0.96 per cent) were among the top gainers.

Ashok Leyland(down 1.29 per cent), Amara Raja Batteries(down 0.76 per cent), Balkrishna Industries(down 0.64 per cent), Exide Industries(down 0.39 per cent) and Hero MotoCorp(down 0.24 per cent) were the top losers on the index.

The Nifty Auto index was up 0.78 per cent at 12070.8 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 7.05 points at 17992.15, while the BSE Sensex was up 3.67 points at 60326.04.

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

Shares of Trident Ltd, Vodafone Idea, Tata Power, Tata Motors and Zomato Ltd. were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Man Infracons, KDDL Ltd, Salzer Electro, 63 Moons Tech and Apollo Hospital hit their fresh 52-week highs in today’s trade, while Network People Services Technologies Ltd., Nidan Laboratories And Healthcare Ltd., Vikas WSP, Supreme Infra and RPP Infra Proj(PP)hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.

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