Stock market update: Nifty Auto index advances 0.17%

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Auto index closed on a positive note on Tuesday.

Shares of Hero MotoCorp Ltd.(up 2.79 per cent), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.(up 1.56 per cent), Balkrishna Industries Ltd.(up 1.21 per cent), Exide Industries Ltd.(up 1.12 per cent) and Eicher Motors Ltd.(up 1.0 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.

On the other hand, Bharat Forge Ltd.(down 2.89 per cent), Samvardhana Motherson International Ltd.(down 2.48 per cent), Tata Motors Ltd.(down 2.02 per cent), Bosch Ltd.(down 1.49 per cent) and Ashok Leyland Ltd.(down 1.37 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.

The Nifty Auto index closed 0.17 per cent up at 22737.6.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended down 81.56 points at 24379.6, while the BSE Sensex stood down 155.77 points at 80641.07.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 19 ended in the green, while 31 closed in the red.

Shares of YES Bank, Vodafone Idea, Suzlon Energy, Bank of Baroda and Reliance Power were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Chambal Fertilisers, Reliance Naval & Engg, Ceat, Cura Tech and Bharti Airtel hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Century Enka, Vineet Laboratories, Hilton Metal, Vedant Fashions and Poddar Pigments hit their fresh 52-week lows.