Stock market update: Nifty Auto index advances 0.51%
The Nifty Auto index closed 0.51 per cent up at 21146.2.
NEW DELHI: The Nifty Auto index closed on a positive note on Wednesday.Shares of Bajaj Auto Ltd.(up 2.26 per cent), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.(up 2.13 per cent), TVS Motor Company Ltd.(up 1.93 per cent), Tube Investments of India Ltd.(up 1.7 per cent) and Balkrishna Industries Ltd.(up 1.08 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.
On the other hand, Sona BLW Precision Forgings Ltd.(down 2.6 per cent), Hero MotoCorp Ltd.(down 2.12 per cent), Bharat Forge Ltd.(down 1.68 per cent), Bosch Ltd.(down 1.11 per cent) and Tata Motors Ltd.(down 0.77 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty Auto index closed 0.51 per cent up at 21146.2.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended up 118.96 points at 22123.65, while the BSE Sensex stood up 526.01 points at 72996.31.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 23 ended in the green, while 27 closed in the red.
Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, NHPC, Suzlon Energy and Indian Railway Fin were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Nuvama Wealth Manage, Arvind SmartSpaces, Onelife Capital, Jyoti CNC Automation and Rico Auto hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while NACL Industries, Shreeoswal Seeds, Lexus Granito(India), Commercial Syn Bags and Popular Vehicles hit their fresh 52-week lows.
Source: Stocks-Markets-Economic Times
