Auto stocks were among top performers during Mahurat trading session. At around 6.28 pm, Nifty Auto was performing at 8,373.10, up 64.20 points or 0.77%. The index has gained to the day's high of 8,376.60.
Tata Motors was the performer on the index, surging by nearly 3%.
Eicher Motors was second in the lead, gaining by over 2%.
A near 1% surge each was witnessed in stocks like Ashok Leyland, Amara Batteries, Bosch,
Maruti Suzuki, MRF, Bharat Forge and Exide Industries.
Bajaj Auto, TVS Motor, M&M and Hero Motocorp advanced marginally. Motherson Sumi was trading flat.
While Balkrishna Industries was the sole underperformer, down marginally.