Stock market update: Nifty Auto index advances 0.21%

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

Shares of Eicher Motors Ltd.(up 1.44 per cent), Samvardhana Motherson International Ltd.(up 1.3 per cent), Exide Industries Ltd.(up 0.78 per cent), Bharat Forge Ltd.(up 0.74 per cent) and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.(up 0.68 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.

On the other hand, Ashok Leyland Ltd.(down 2.16 per cent), TVS Motor Company Ltd.(down 1.02 per cent), Tata Motors Ltd.(down 0.58 per cent), Balkrishna Industries Ltd.(down 0.56 per cent) and Bosch Ltd.(down 0.29 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.

The Nifty Auto index closed 0.21 per cent up at 25182.8.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended up 162.66 points at 24286.5, while the BSE Sensex stood up 545.35 points at 79986.8.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 38 ended in the green, while 12 closed in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, Indian Renewable, Castrol India, YES Bank and MMTC were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Kingfa Science Tech, Country Club, SRG Housing Fin, D-Link(India)and G M Breweries hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Future Supply Chain, Hilton Metal, Sarthak Metals, GIR Natureview and BDR Buildcon hit their fresh 52-week lows.