Bajaj Auto Ltd.(up 2.16 per cent), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.(up 1.69 per cent), Bharat Forge Ltd.(up 1.53 per cent), TVS Motor Company Ltd.(up 1.49 per cent) and Exide Industries Ltd.(up 1.48 per cent) were among the top gainers.
Tube Investments of India Ltd.(down 0.02 per cent) were the top losers on the index.
The Nifty Auto index was up 1.32 per cent at 23842.95 at the time of writing this report.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 211.05 points at 24894.95, while the BSE Sensex was up 656.41 points at 81842.85.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 47 were trading in the green, while 3 were in the red. Shares of Vodafone Idea, BEL, YES Bank, Eternal and Suzlon Energy were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of SecMark Consultancy, Gabriel India, AB Infrabuild, Stampede Cap(DVR)and Paradeep Phosphates hit their fresh 52-week highs in today’s trade, while Music Broadcast, Future Enterprises (DVR), Godha Cabcon & Insul, Aether Industries and Transwarr Fin hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.