Stock market update: Nifty Auto index advances 0.08% in an upbeat market

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Auto index traded positive around 11:16AM(IST)on Thursday in an upbeat market.

TVS Motor Company(up 1.36 per cent), Bajaj Auto(up 1.01 per cent), Maruti Suzuki(up 1.0 per cent), Eicher Motors(up 0.53 per cent) and Balkrishna Industries(up 0.26 per cent) were among the top gainers.

TIINDIA(down 2.2 per cent), Escorts(down 1.15 per cent), Tata Motors(down 1.06 per cent), MRF(down 0.45 per cent) and Ashok Leyland(down 0.36 per cent) were the top losers on the index.

The Nifty Auto index was up 0.08 per cent at 11391.45 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 5.05 points at 16361.3, while the BSE Sensex was up 22.14 points at 54914.63.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 18 were trading in the green, while 32 were in the red.

Shares of MRPL, Vodafone Idea, TV18 Broadcast, ONGC and Suzlon Energy were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of KPI Global Infra, Tree House Edu, Global Education, Oil India Ltd and Mirza Intnl hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Vaxtex Cotfab, Sadbhav Infra, Sri Adhikari, SMS Pharma and Advani Hotels hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.