Stock market update: Nifty Auto index falls 0.16% in a weak market

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Auto index traded negative around 10:20AM (IST) on Wednesday in a weak market.

TIINDIA (up 1.91 per cent), Bajaj Auto (up 0.64 per cent), Amara Raja Batteries (up 0.38 per cent) and Exide Industries (up 0.3 per cent) were among the top gainers.

Maruti Suzuki (down 0.63 per cent), Balkrishna Industries (down 0.62 per cent), TVS Motor Company (down 0.46 per cent), Mahindra & Mahindra (down 0.45 per cent) and Tata Motors (down 0.21 per cent) were the top losers on the index.

The Nifty Auto index was down 0.16 per cent at 10480.75 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 25.6 points at 15786.75, while the BSE Sensex was down 82.9 points at 52686.83.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 16 were trading in the green, while 33 were in the red.

Shares of NMDC, Suzlon Energy, Vodafone Idea, Ibull Housing Fin and Tata Power were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of SVP Global, Shyam Century Ferro, Steel Strips, Alicon Castalloy and Sumit Woods hit their fresh 52-week highs in today’s trade, while Walpar Nutritions Ltd. hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.

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