Stock market update: Nifty Auto index advances 0.44%
Shares of Bosch Ltd.(up 6.05 per cent),
Hero MotoCorp Ltd
.(up 1.58 per cent),
Maruti Suzuki India Ltd
.(up 1.03 per cent),
Samvardhana Motherson International
Ltd.(up 0.89 per cent) and
Bajaj Auto Ltd
.(up 0.32 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.
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On the other hand,
Tube Investments of India Ltd
.(down 1.42 per cent), Bharat Forge Ltd.(down 0.97 per cent),
Balkrishna Industries Ltd
.(down 0.62 per cent),
Ashok Leyland Ltd
.(down 0.46 per cent) and MRF Ltd.(down 0.2 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty Auto index closed 0.44 per cent up at 24004.95.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended down 48.11 points at 25405.3, while the BSE Sensex stood down 170.22 points at 83239.47.
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Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 21 ended in the green, while 29 closed in the red.
Shares of
Vodafone Idea
,
RattanIndia Power
, JP Power, Tata Steel and FSN E-Comm(Nykaa)were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of
DCM Shriram
, Shree Global,
Quality Power Electr
, TN Telecom and Ellenbarrie Ind. Gas hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Stampede Cap(DVR),
Sadhana Nitro
,
Globe Civil Projects
,
Mahalaxmi Fabric Mil
and R K Swamy hit their fresh 52-week lows.
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