Share market update: Auto shares gain; M&M rises 3%

NEW DELHI: Auto shares were trading in the green in Thursday's session.

Shares of Mahindra & Mahindra (up 3.69 per cent) , Bharat Forge (up 3.64 per cent) , Hero MotoCorp (up 2.43 per cent) , Ashok Leyland (up 1.62 per cent) , TVS Motor Company (up 0.68 per cent) , Maruti Suzuki (up 0.59 per cent) , Amara Raja Batteries (up 0.21 per cent) , Balkrishna Industries (up 0.08 per cent) and Bajaj Auto (up 0.02 per cent) were among the top gainers.

The Nifty Auto index was trading 0.89 per cent up at 6993.0 around 02:25PM.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 58.25 points at 10676.45, while the BSE Sensex was up 208.96 points at 36260.77.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 22 were trading in the green, while 28 were in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, Infosys, Federal Bank, BHEL, Wipro, Tata Motors, SBI, IDFC First Bank Ltd., YES Bank and RIL were among the most traded shares on the NSE.