Stock market update: Nifty Auto index falls 0.17% in a weak market

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Auto index traded negative around 11:26AM(IST)on Monday in a weak market.

MRF(up 1.14 per cent), TIINDIA(up 0.63 per cent), Maruti Suzuki(up 0.37 per cent), Tata Motors(up 0.07 per cent) and Eicher Motors(up 0.03 per cent) were among the top gainers.

TVS Motor Company(down 2.2 per cent), Bharat Forge(down 1.67 per cent), Sona BLW Precision Forgings(down 1.21 per cent), Hero MotoCorp(down 1.15 per cent) and Ashok Leyland(down 0.97 per cent) were the top losers on the index.

The Nifty Auto index was down 0.17 per cent at 12753.75 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 126.8 points at 18180.85, while the BSE Sensex was down 430.91 points at 61232.57.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 15 were trading in the green, while 35 were in the red.

Shares of PNB, UCO Bank, Bank of Maharashtra, Zomato Ltd. and Indian Railway Finance Corporation Ltd. were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Skipper Ltd, UCO Bank, Archean Chemical Industries Ltd., Bank of Maharashtra and Punjab Sind Bank hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Arshiya, Suumaya Lifestyle, SS Infrastructure, Jet Airways and Vivo Collaboration Solutions Ltd. hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.