Stock market update: Nifty Auto index advances 0.04% in an upbeat market

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Auto index traded positive around 10:34AM(IST)on Monday in an upbeat market.

Bharat Forge(up 1.81 per cent), Bajaj Auto(up 1.53 per cent), MRF(up 0.62 per cent), Hero MotoCorp(up 0.52 per cent) and Eicher Motors(up 0.46 per cent) were among the top gainers.

Ashok Leyland(down 1.62 per cent), Mahindra & Mahindra(down 1.04 per cent), TVS Motor Company(down 0.89 per cent), Escorts Kubota(down 0.12 per cent) and Sona BLW Precision Forgings(down 0.1 per cent) were the top losers on the index.

The Nifty Auto index was up 0.04 per cent at 12482.75 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 54.15 points at 17239.85, while the BSE Sensex was up 214.04 points at 58134.01.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 30 were trading in the green, while 20 were in the red.

Shares of Suzlon Energy, YES Bank, Zomato Ltd., Vodafone Idea and JP Power were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Electronics Mart India Ltd., Jay Jalaram Technologies Ltd., Maks Energy Solutions India Ltd., Focus Lighting and Grauer & Weil hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Debock Sales & Mktg, Gangotri Text, Tembo Global Indust, Akshar Spintex and Alok Industries hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.