Stock market update: Nifty Auto index advances 0.36%

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Auto index closed on a positive note on Tuesday. Shares of Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.(up 1.

93 per cent), Bharat Forge Ltd.(up 0.86 per cent), Bosch Ltd.



(up 0.8 per cent), MRF Ltd.(up 0.

68 per cent) and Samvardhana Motherson International Ltd.(up 0.56 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.

On the other hand, Hero MotoCorp Ltd.(down 2.13 per cent), Bajaj Auto Ltd.

(down 1.3 per cent), Exide Industries Ltd.(down 0.

77 per cent), Eicher Motors Ltd.(down 0.46 per cent) and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.

(down 0.1 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day. The Nifty Auto index closed 0.

36 per cent up at 21903.7. Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended up 41.

71 points at 24167.25, while the BSE Sensex stood up 187.09 points at 79595.

59. Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 13 ended in the green, while 22 closed in the red. Shares of Vodafone Idea, Alok Industries, RBL Bank, Suzlon Energy and YES Bank were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Vadilal Ind, Cura Tech, NACL Industries, Krishna Instt of Medical Sciences and Aavas Financiers hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while AGS Transact Tech, Gensol Engg, Globale Tessile, Dhanvarsha Finvest and Hindustan Motor hit their fresh 52-week lows..