Stock market update: Nifty Auto index advances 1.27%
The Nifty Auto index closed 1.27 per cent up at 22174.05.
NEW DELHI: The Nifty Auto index closed on a positive note on Thursday.Shares of Bharat Forge Ltd.(up 7.36 per cent), Balkrishna Industries Ltd.(up 2.49 per cent), Hero MotoCorp Ltd.(up 2.39 per cent), TVS Motor Company Ltd.(up 2.12 per cent) and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.(up 1.87 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.
On the other hand, Tube Investments of India Ltd.(down 0.94 per cent) and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.(down 0.17 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty Auto index closed 1.27 per cent up at 22174.05.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended up 167.95 points at 22570.35, while the BSE Sensex stood up 486.5 points at 74339.44.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 40 ended in the green, while 10 closed in the red.
Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, Kotak Bank, South Indian Bnk and SAIL were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Raj Oil Mills, Kirloskar Pneumatic, ABB Power, GPT Infraproj and MOIL hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Kotak Bank, Dalmia Bharat, Atal Realtech, GIR Natureview and BDR Buildcon hit their fresh 52-week lows.
Source: Stocks-Markets-Economic Times
