Stock market update: Nifty Auto index advances 0.48% in an upbeat market

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Auto index traded positive around 10:45AM(IST)on Monday in an upbeat market.

Mahindra & Mahindra(up 3.26 per cent), Sona BLW Precision Forgings(up 1.92 per cent), Bharat Forge(up 1.07 per cent), Tata Motors(up 0.85 per cent) and TIINDIA(up 0.66 per cent) were among the top gainers.

Balkrishna Industries(down 5.16 per cent), Bosch(down 2.41 per cent), Maruti Suzuki(down 0.6 per cent), Eicher Motors(down 0.36 per cent) and MRF(down 0.17 per cent) were the top losers on the index.

The Nifty Auto index was up 0.48 per cent at 14198.55 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 121.0 points at 18620.35, while the BSE Sensex was up 450.2 points at 62951.89.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 38 were trading in the green, while 12 were in the red.

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

Shares of Centum Elec, Nucleus Soft, Ahluwalia Contr, Mazda Ltd and Hercules Hoists hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Sanwaria Consumer, Pritish Nandy, BKM Industries, Goenka Diamond and Setubandhan Infra hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.