Stock market update: Nifty Auto index advances 1.66%

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Auto index closed on a positive note on Tuesday.

Shares of TIINDIA(up 6.24 per cent), TVS Motor Company(up 5.35 per cent), Bharat Forge(up 4.47 per cent), Eicher Motors(up 3.38 per cent) and Hero MotoCorp(up 2.48 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.

On the other hand, MRF(down 0.8 per cent), Balkrishna Industries(down 0.65 per cent) and Sona BLW Precision Forgings(down 0.08 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.

The Nifty Auto index closed 1.66 per cent up at 13291.35.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended up 194.0 points at 17816.25, while the BSE Sensex stood up 578.51 points at 59719.74.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 44 ended in the green, while 6 closed in the red.

Shares of YES Bank, PNB, Zomato Ltd., Shree Ren Sug and Vodafone Idea were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Macpower CNC Machine, Upsurge Seeds of Agriculture Ltd., D P Wires, Lancer Container Lin and McLeod Russel hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Dynemic Product(PP), Debock Sales & Mktg, MEP Infrastructure, Sathavahana Isp and FutureLifestyleFash hit their fresh 52-week lows.