Maruti Suzuki, Tata Motors, TVS Motor Company were among the top gainers.
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The Nifty Auto index traded positive around 11:21AM(IST)on Friday in an upbeat market.
Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.(up 2.24 per cent), Exide Industries Ltd.(up 2.0 per cent), Tata Motors Ltd.(up 1.6 per cent), TVS Motor Company Ltd.(up 1.37 per cent) and Bosch Ltd.(up 1.04 per cent) were among the top gainers.
Eicher Motors Ltd.(down 2.44 per cent), Bajaj Auto Ltd.(down 1.12 per cent), Ashok Leyland Ltd.(down 0.99 per cent), MRF Ltd.(down 0.37 per cent) and Balkrishna Industries Ltd.(down 0.26 per cent) were the top losers on the index. The Nifty Auto index was up 0.49 per cent at 22417.35 at the time of writing this report.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 72.05 points at 24406.25, while the BSE Sensex was up 433.95 points at 80676.19.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 28 were trading in the green, while 22 were in the red.
Shares of Vodafone Idea, Eternal, Vishal Mega Mart, Indian Oil Corp. and YES Bank were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Force Motors, Reliance Naval & Engg, Bannari Amman, Privi Speciality Chemicals and Coromandel Int. hit their fresh 52-week highs in Friday’s trade, while GI Engineering, AGS Transact Tech, Gensol Engg, ART Nirman and Dr. Agarwals Health hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.