Stock market update: Nifty Auto index falls 1.71%

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Auto index closed on a negative note on Friday.

Shares of TIINDIA(up 1.25 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.

On the other hand, Bharat Forge(down 4.41 per cent), Ashok Leyland(down 3.16 per cent), Mahindra & Mahindra(down 2.91 per cent), TVS Motor Company(down 2.71 per cent) and Escorts Kubota(down 2.36 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.

The Nifty Auto index closed 1.71 per cent down at 13093.5.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended down 302.45 points at 17327.35, while the BSE Sensex stood down 1020.8 points at 58098.92.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 5 ended in the green, while 45 closed in the red.

Shares of Suzlon Energy, Tata Steel, YES Bank, Vodafone Idea and PNB were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of SriHavishaHosp, Fourth Dimension Sol, Upsurge Seeds of Agriculture Ltd., Sundaram Finance and Butterfly Gandhi hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Bodhi Tree Multimed, Jay Jalaram Technologies Ltd., Ameya Precision Engineers Ltd., Sabar Flex India Ltd. and FutureLifestyleFash hit their fresh 52-week lows.