Stock market update: Nifty Auto index advances 0.19%
ADVERTISEMENT Shares of Tube Investments of India Ltd.(up 2.56 per cent), Bharat Forge Ltd.(up 1.81 per cent), Balkrishna Industries Ltd.(up 1.26 per cent), Hero MotoCorp Ltd.(up 0.99 per cent) and Eicher Motors Ltd.(up 0.87 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.
On the other hand, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.(down 0.58 per cent), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.(down 0.39 per cent), Samvardhana Motherson International Ltd.(down 0.17 per cent) and Exide Industries Ltd.(down 0.11 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty Auto index closed 0.19 per cent up at 24007.95. Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended up 88.8 points at 25637.8, while the BSE Sensex stood up 303.03 points at 84058.9. Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 27 ended in the green, while 23 closed in the red.
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Shares of Vodafone Idea, RattanIndia Power, Suzlon Energy, YES Bank and Eternal were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Sangam(India), NDR Auto Components, Shree Global, Lloyds Steels(PP)and LT Foods hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Supreme Holdings, Digitide Solutions Ltd., Bodhi Tree Multimedia, Osia Hyper Retail and Sadhana Nitro hit their fresh 52-week lows.
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