Stock market update: Nifty Auto index advances 0.72%

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Auto index closed on a positive note on Friday.

Shares of TIINDIA(up 2.11 per cent), Sona BLW Precision Forgings(up 2.04 per cent), Bharat Forge(up 1.32 per cent), Maruti Suzuki(up 1.27 per cent) and MRF(up 1.19 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.

On the other hand, Samvardhana Motherson International(down 1.16 per cent) and Bajaj Auto(down 0.6 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.

The Nifty Auto index closed 0.72 per cent up at 14130.45.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended up 178.2 points at 18499.35, while the BSE Sensex stood up 629.07 points at 62501.69.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 44 ended in the green, while 5 closed in the red.

Shares of Suzlon Energy, Zomato, Vodafone Idea, Indian Railway Fin and Zee Ent. were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Mazda Ltd, Nucleus Soft, Voltamp Trans, Aptech and Lakshmi Finance hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Page Industries, Bombay Metrics Suppl, Viji Finance, Quicktouch Technolog and Jakharia Fabric hit their fresh 52-week lows.