Stock market update: Nifty Auto index advances 0.3% in an upbeat market

Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.(down 0.82 per cent), Ashok Leyland Ltd.(down 0.59 per cent), MRF Ltd.(down 0.58 per cent), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.(down 0.38 per cent) and Balkrishna Industries Ltd.(down 0.13 per cent) were the top losers on the index.

The Nifty Auto index was up 0.3 per cent at 25094.5 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 61.95 points at 23352.1, while the BSE Sensex was up 131.71 points at 76825.07.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 35 were trading in the green, while 14 were in the red.

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

Shares of Zenith Exports, Likhitha Infra, Rallis India, Premier Exp and Jain Irrigation hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Neueon Towers, Bohra Industries, Borosil Scientific, Melstar Info and Compuage Infocom hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.