Stock market update: Nifty Auto index advances 0.5% in an upbeat market

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Auto index traded positive around 10:34AM(IST)on Monday in an upbeat market.

Bharat Forge(up 1.77 per cent), Tata Motors(up 1.59 per cent), TIINDIA(up 1.03 per cent), Bajaj Auto(up 0.94 per cent) and MRF(up 0.91 per cent) were among the top gainers.

Mahindra & Mahindra(down 0.86 per cent) and Escorts Kubota(down 0.12 per cent) were the top losers on the index.

The Nifty Auto index was up 0.5 per cent at 12423.1 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 139.9 points at 16189.1, while the BSE Sensex was up 423.94 points at 54184.72.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 39 were trading in the green, while 11 were in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, BEL, YES Bank, Zomato Ltd. and Suzlon Energy were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Lumax Auto Tech, Orient Bell, International Constructions Ltd., PC Jeweller and Latteys Industries hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while JIK Industries, Vikas Proppant & Gr, Suumaya Lifestyle, Karda Const and Bombay Rayon hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.