Stock market update: Nifty Auto index advances 0.23% in an upbeat market

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Auto index traded positive around 10:55AM(IST)on Tuesday in an upbeat market.

Sona BLW Precision Forgings(up 2.7 per cent), Bajaj Auto(up 1.33 per cent), TIINDIA(up 1.13 per cent), Tata Motors(up 0.71 per cent) and Bharat Forge(up 0.6 per cent) were among the top gainers.

Escorts Kubota(down 2.0 per cent), Ashok Leyland(down 0.91 per cent), Balkrishna Industries(down 0.88 per cent), Eicher Motors(down 0.57 per cent) and Hero MotoCorp(down 0.43 per cent) were the top losers on the index.

The Nifty Auto index was up 0.23 per cent at 13412.75 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 154.25 points at 18166.45, while the BSE Sensex was up 510.69 points at 61257.28.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 42 were trading in the green, while 8 were in the red.

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

Shares of Weizmann Ltd, Godfrey Philips, Vikas Proppant & Gr, Kalyani Forge and Kshitij Polyline hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Cyber Media Research & Services Ltd., Aakash Exploration, Akshar Spintex, Rel Capital and Future Retail hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.