Stock market update: Nifty Auto index advances 0.35% in an upbeat market

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Auto index traded positive around 11:05AM(IST)on Thursday in an upbeat market.

Sona BLW Precision Forgings(up 1.78 per cent), Tata Motors(up 1.67 per cent), Escorts Kubota(up 1.49 per cent), Ashok Leyland(up 1.07 per cent) and Mahindra & Mahindra(up 1.01 per cent) were among the top gainers.

TIINDIA(down 1.63 per cent), Hero MotoCorp(down 0.9 per cent), Bajaj Auto(down 0.65 per cent), MRF(down 0.29 per cent) and Balkrishna Industries(down 0.25 per cent) were the top losers on the index.

The Nifty Auto index was up 0.35 per cent at 12581.85 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 84.5 points at 16943.1, while the BSE Sensex was up 252.09 points at 56850.37.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 39 were trading in the green, while 11 were in the red.

Shares of , , Zomato Ltd., and PNB were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of , Rites, Maks Energy Solutions India Ltd., and hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while , , Kandarp Digi Smart BPO Ltd., and Ishan International Ltd. hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.