Stock market update: Nifty Auto index advances 0.71%

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Auto index closed on a positive note on Thursday.

Shares of MRF(up 7.9 per cent), Balkrishna Industries(up 3.6 per cent), Maruti Suzuki(up 2.7 per cent), Eicher Motors(up 2.27 per cent) and Ashok Leyland(up 1.29 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.

On the other hand, Hero MotoCorp(down 2.15 per cent), Bajaj Auto(down 2.14 per cent), Bosch(down 1.01 per cent), Tata Motors(down 0.66 per cent) and Sona BLW Precision Forgings(down 0.53 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.

The Nifty Auto index closed 0.71 per cent up at 13315.5.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended down 126.35 points at 17877.4, while the BSE Sensex stood down 412.96 points at 59934.01.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 11 ended in the green, while 39 closed in the red.

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

Shares of Ceat, Aarvi Encon, Trans & Rectif, Weizmann Ltd and JK Tyre hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Dynemic Product, Veekayem Fashion & Apparels Ltd., Alembic Pharma, Piramal Ent. and Sanofi India hit their fresh 52-week lows.