Stock market update: Nifty Auto index falls 0.07% in an upbeat market

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Auto index traded negative around 10:09AM(IST)on Thursday in an upbeat market.

TIINDIA(up 1.67 per cent), Maruti Suzuki(up 0.94 per cent), Tata Motors(up 0.91 per cent), Ashok Leyland(up 0.85 per cent) and MRF(up 0.23 per cent) were among the top gainers.

Bajaj Auto(down 3.53 per cent), Escorts Kubota(down 2.19 per cent), Sona BLW Precision Forgings(down 0.98 per cent), Eicher Motors(down 0.52 per cent) and Bharat Forge(down 0.33 per cent) were the top losers on the index.

The Nifty Auto index was down 0.07 per cent at 11842.55 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 48.65 points at 15847.75, while the BSE Sensex was up 202.92 points at 53229.89.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 30 were trading in the green, while 20 were in the red.

Shares of Zomato Ltd., Vodafone Idea, Indian Oil Corp., ONGC and YES Bank were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Ratnamani Metal, Orient Bell, Global Education, Kohinoor Foods and Axita Cotton hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while HEC Infra Projects, Rollatainers Ltd, Viceroy Hotels, Hindustan Media and Lasa Supergenerics hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.