Stock market update: Nifty Auto index falls 0.9% in an upbeat market

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Auto index traded negative around 10:55AM(IST)on Thursday in an upbeat market.

TIINDIA(up 1.04 per cent), Sona BLW Precision Forgings(up 1.01 per cent), Bharat Forge(up 0.8 per cent), Tata Motors(up 0.76 per cent) and Ashok Leyland(up 0.58 per cent) were among the top gainers.

Mahindra & Mahindra(down 6.19 per cent), Balkrishna Industries(down 0.88 per cent), Hero MotoCorp(down 0.83 per cent), Bosch(down 0.69 per cent) and TVS Motor Company(down 0.52 per cent) were the top losers on the index.

The Nifty Auto index was down 0.9 per cent at 15620.65 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 28.6 points at 19806.9, while the BSE Sensex was up 19.93 points at 66727.13.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 32 were trading in the green, while 18 were in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, Suzlon Energy, Reliance Power, PNB and YES Bank were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Netweb Technologies, Vesuvius India, Raj Oil Mills, Foseco India and ISMT Ltd hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while JohnsonCtrls Hitachi, Ace Integrated Solut, Advitiya Trade India, Service Care and Aakash Exploration hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.