Stock market update: Nifty Auto index falls 1.07%

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Auto index closed on a negative note on Friday.

Shares of TIINDIA(up 3.18 per cent), Tata Motors(up 1.18 per cent) and TVS Motor Company(up 0.08 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.

On the other hand, Mahindra & Mahindra(down 2.75 per cent), Sona BLW Precision Forgings(down 2.44 per cent), Ashok Leyland(down 2.12 per cent), MRF(down 1.94 per cent) and Bajaj Auto(down 1.93 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.

The Nifty Auto index closed 1.07 per cent down at 12775.25.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended down 145.9 points at 18269.0, while the BSE Sensex stood down 461.22 points at 61337.81.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 5 ended in the green, while 44 closed in the red.

Shares of YES Bank, UCO Bank, Suzlon Energy, IOB and PNB were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of FACT, Rajshree Sugars, Madras Fert, Sakthi Sugars and Ugar Sugar Work hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Cerebra Integrat, Sanwaria Consumer, Indiabulls Intgrtd, Coastal Corp(PP)and Sintex Inds. hit their fresh 52-week lows.