Stock market update: Nifty Auto index falls 0.06%

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Auto index closed on a negative note on Thursday.

Shares of Sona BLW Precision Forgings(up 1.47 per cent), Tata Motors(up 0.87 per cent), Maruti Suzuki(up 0.43 per cent), Samvardhana Motherson International(up 0.37 per cent) and Balkrishna Industries(up 0.36 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.

On the other hand, Ashok Leyland(down 1.95 per cent), Bharat Forge(down 1.4 per cent), MRF(down 1.06 per cent), TIINDIA(down 0.72 per cent) and Mahindra & Mahindra(down 0.44 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.

The Nifty Auto index closed 0.06 per cent down at 12982.25.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended down 43.05 points at 17511.25, while the BSE Sensex stood down 139.18 points at 59605.8.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 22 ended in the green, while 28 closed in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, Zomato Ltd., Zee Ent., YES Bank and PNB were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Nintec Systems Ltd., Aaron Industries, Equitas Small Fin, Finolex Cables and Nucleus Soft hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Zee Learn, SVP Global, Vikas Proppant & Gr, Shaily Engg Pla and Anlon Technology Solutions Ltd. hit their fresh 52-week lows.