Stock market update: Nifty Auto index advances 0.5% in an upbeat market

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Auto index traded positive around 09:59AM(IST)on Monday in an upbeat market.

Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.(up 1.33 per cent), Samvardhana Motherson International Ltd.(up 0.83 per cent), TVS Motor Company Ltd.(up 0.69 per cent), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.(up 0.68 per cent) and Bajaj Auto Ltd.(up 0.67 per cent) were among the top gainers.

Sona BLW Precision Forgings Ltd.(down 0.99 per cent), Hero MotoCorp Ltd.(down 0.65 per cent), MRF Ltd.(down 0.32 per cent) and Balkrishna Industries Ltd.(down 0.17 per cent) were the top losers on the index.

The Nifty Auto index was up 0.5 per cent at 16314.95 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 1.05 points at 19675.3, while the BSE Sensex was up 32.91 points at 66042.06.

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

Shares of JP Power, YES Bank, Vodafone Idea, IFCI and Indian Railway Fin were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Sonu Infratech, MTNL, Nelcast, Schneider and KM Sugar Mills hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Delta Corp, Equippp Social Impact, Jiwanram Sheoduttrai, FutureLifestyleFash and Aatmaj Healthcare Ltd. hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.