Stock market update: Nifty Auto index falls 0.14% in an upbeat market

Ashok Leyland Ltd.(down 1.56 per cent), Bharat Forge Ltd.(down 1.46 per cent), Bajaj Auto Ltd.(down 1.31 per cent), Tube Investments of India Ltd.(down 0.88 per cent) and Samvardhana Motherson International Ltd.(down 0.71 per cent) were the top losers on the index.

The Nifty Auto index was down 0.14 per cent at 21583.9 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 2.05 points at 22451.25, while the BSE Sensex was up 7.95 points at 73911.86.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 22 were trading in the green, while 28 were in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, SAIL, NALCO and Edelweiss Financial were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Indian Metals, GE Power India, Nila Spaces L, DJ Mediaprint & Logi and Cochin Shipyard hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Gopal Snacks, 3rd Rock MultiMedia, Regency Ceramic, Mask Investments and GIR Natureview hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.