Stock market update: Nifty Auto index advances 0.44%

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

Shares of Sona BLW Precision Forgings(up 2.87 per cent), Bharat Forge(up 2.32 per cent), Balkrishna Industries(up 1.92 per cent), Mahindra & Mahindra(up 1.53 per cent) and Bajaj Auto(up 1.11 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.

On the other hand, TIINDIA(down 1.97 per cent), Samvardhana Motherson International(down 1.03 per cent), MRF(down 0.46 per cent), Maruti Suzuki(down 0.45 per cent) and Hero MotoCorp(down 0.43 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.

The Nifty Auto index closed 0.44 per cent up at 12931.0.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended up 110.85 points at 18608.0, while the BSE Sensex stood up 402.73 points at 62533.3.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 35 ended in the green, while 15 closed in the red.

Shares of YES Bank, Central Bank, UCO Bank, IOB and Bank of Maharashtra were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of UCO Bank, Indbank Merc, Central Bank, Dhanlaxmi Bank and IOB hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Cerebra Integrat, Sanwaria Consumer, Amiable Logistic(India)Ltd., DJ Mediaprint & Logi and Pritika Engineering Components Ltd. hit their fresh 52-week lows.