Stock market update: Nifty Auto index falls 0.25% in a weak market

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Auto index traded negative around 10:24AM(IST)on Wednesday in a weak market.

TIINDIA(up 0.92 per cent), Bosch(up 0.75 per cent), Hero MotoCorp(up 0.44 per cent), Ashok Leyland(up 0.38 per cent) and Bajaj Auto(up 0.1 per cent) were among the top gainers.

Escorts Kubota(down 2.94 per cent), Bharat Forge(down 1.31 per cent), Balkrishna Industries(down 0.75 per cent), Mahindra & Mahindra(down 0.72 per cent) and Eicher Motors(down 0.58 per cent) were the top losers on the index.

The Nifty Auto index was down 0.25 per cent at 11802.5 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 65.4 points at 15784.8, while the BSE Sensex was down 212.93 points at 52964.52.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 9 were trading in the green, while 41 were in the red.

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

Shares of Axita Cotton, Jamna Auto, Dhanvarsha Finvest, Priti International and Global Education hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Krishna Defence and Allied Industries Ltd., Tembo Global Indust, Muthoot Finance, Fidel Softech Ltd. and HEC Infra Projects hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.