Stock market update: Nifty Auto index advances 0.37% in an upbeat market

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Auto index traded positive around 09:59AM(IST)on Thursday in an upbeat market.

Bharat Forge(up 1.66 per cent), Eicher Motors(up 1.6 per cent), Bosch(up 1.09 per cent), Tata Motors(up 1.03 per cent) and Hero MotoCorp(up 1.02 per cent) were among the top gainers.

TIINDIA(down 1.62 per cent), Escorts Kubota(down 1.0 per cent), Mahindra & Mahindra(down 0.24 per cent), TVS Motor Company(down 0.14 per cent) and Bajaj Auto(down 0.11 per cent) were the top losers on the index.

The Nifty Auto index was up 0.37 per cent at 12999.05 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 150.7 points at 17685.45, while the BSE Sensex was up 610.31 points at 59427.6.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 43 were trading in the green, while 7 were in the red.

Shares of Zomato Ltd., JP Power, Suzlon Energy, YES Bank and Tata Steel were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Kotyark Industries Ltd., Network People Services Technologies Ltd., TCPL Packaging, Nava Bharat Vent. and Hilton Metal hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while NGL Fine Chem, Dynemic Product, 8K Miles Soft, Agni Green Power Ltd. and Future Retail hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.