Stock market update: Nifty Auto index falls 0.03% in an upbeat market

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Auto index traded negative around 11:05AM(IST)on Tuesday in an upbeat market.

Ashok Leyland(up 1.54 per cent), Eicher Motors(up 0.95 per cent), TVS Motor Company(up 0.86 per cent), Sona BLW Precision Forgings(up 0.71 per cent) and Hero MotoCorp(up 0.47 per cent) were among the top gainers.

TIINDIA(down 1.1 per cent), Bharat Forge(down 1.1 per cent), Mahindra & Mahindra(down 0.44 per cent), Maruti Suzuki(down 0.36 per cent) and Tata Motors(down 0.27 per cent) were the top losers on the index.

The Nifty Auto index was down 0.03 per cent at 12888.85 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 21.1 points at 17764.5, while the BSE Sensex was up 52.87 points at 60108.97.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 29 were trading in the green, while 19 were in the red.

Shares of Zomato Ltd., Rail Vikas Nigam, Indian Railway Finance Corporation Ltd., YES Bank and UCO Bank were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Quality Foils(India, Eimco Elecon, B L Kashyap, Rail Vikas Nigam and Ganesha Ecosp hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Crompton Greaves, Ipca Labs, BEML Land Assets, Brightcom Group and Vinny Overseas hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.