Stock market update: Nifty Auto index advances 0.83%

On the other hand, Apollo Tyres Ltd.(down 1.2 per cent), Balkrishna Industries Ltd.(down 1.15 per cent), Samvardhana Motherson International Ltd.(down 0.96 per cent), MRF Ltd.(down 0.56 per cent) and Eicher Motors Ltd.(down 0.51 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.

The Nifty Auto index closed 0.83 per cent up at 25230.8.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended up 5.65 points at 23264.85, while the BSE Sensex stood down 33.49 points at 76456.59.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 29 ended in the green, while 21 closed in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, IRB Infra Dev., YES Bank, GMR Infra and Reliance Power were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Panache Digilife, Essar Shipping, Hind Const Co, Sheetal Cool and HG Infra Engg hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Sanginita Chemicals, Neueon Towers, Kronox Lab Sciences, Stampede Cap(DVR)and Kaya hit their fresh 52-week lows.