Indices: Stock market update: Nifty Auto index advances 0.51% - The Economic Times
NEW DELHI: The Nifty Auto index closed on a positive note on Tuesday.
Shares of Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.(up 2.54 per cent), Ashok Leyland Ltd.(up 1.86 per cent), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.(up 1.07 per cent), Bosch Ltd.(up 0.62 per cent) and Bharat Forge Ltd.(up 0.36 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.
On the other hand, MRF Ltd.(down 1.51 per cent), Hero MotoCorp Ltd.(down 1.46 per cent), Tata Motors Ltd.(down 1.0 per cent), Samvardhana Motherson International Ltd.(down 0.68 per cent) and Apollo Tyres Ltd.(down 0.6 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty Auto index closed 0.51 per cent up at 21662.65.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended down 5.8 points at 22547.55, while the BSE Sensex stood up 147.71 points at 74602.12.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 19 ended in the green, while 31 closed in the red.
Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, Zomato, NTPC Green Energy and Adani Power were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Narayana Hruday, Norben Tea Exp, Blue Coast Hotel, Mahamaya Steel and Camlin Fine Sc hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while MITCON Const & Engg., Indoco Remedies, Compuage Infocom, AGS Transact Tech and Indef Manufacturing hit their fresh 52-week lows.
