Stock market update: Nifty Auto index falls 0.03% in an upbeat market

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Auto index traded negative around 09:59AM (IST) on Wednesday in an upbeat market.

Eicher Motors (up 2.12 per cent), MRF (up 0.35 per cent), Ashok Leyland (up 0.28 per cent), Exide Industries (up 0.21 per cent) and Amara Raja Batteries (up 0.15 per cent) were among the top gainers.

Balkrishna Industries (down 1.15 per cent), TVS Motor Company (down 1.09 per cent), TIINDIA (down 0.76 per cent), Hero MotoCorp (down 0.71 per cent) and Bosch (down 0.25 per cent) were the top losers on the index.

The Nifty Auto index was down 0.03 per cent at 10085.5 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 72.25 points at 16686.85, while the BSE Sensex was up 268.39 points at 56060.66.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 36 were trading in the green, while 14 were in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, Suzlon Energy, YES Bank, Vedanta and BHEL were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Meghmani Finechem Ltd., VST Tiller Trac, FIEM Industries, Jubilant Food and N K Industries hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Inventure Grwth, Suryoday Small Finance Bank Ltd., Ujjivan SFB, YES Bank and Future Market hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.