Stock market update: Nifty Auto index falls 0.72% in a weak market

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Auto index traded negative around 11:15AM(IST)on Tuesday in a weak market.

TIINDIA(up 0.97 per cent), Bharat Forge(up 0.85 per cent) and Bajaj Auto(up 0.07 per cent) were among the top gainers.

Balkrishna Industries(down 2.01 per cent), Eicher Motors(down 1.71 per cent), Bosch(down 1.53 per cent), Ashok Leyland(down 1.4 per cent) and Hero MotoCorp(down 1.28 per cent) were the top losers on the index.

The Nifty Auto index was down 0.72 per cent at 10373.1 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 55.6 points at 17062.0, while the BSE Sensex was down 179.46 points at 57113.03.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 16 were trading in the green, while 34 were in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, SAIL, ONGC and IDFC First Bank were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Madras Fert, NIIT, Orbit Exports, Jindal Drilling and Ratnamani Metal hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Gateway Distriparks Ltd., Future Enterprises, Future Retail, FutureLifestyleFash and Future Consumer hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.