Auto stocks: Stock market update: Auto stocks gain; Motherson Sumi rises nearly 3%

Shares of Motherson Sumi Systems (up 2.62 per cent), Tata Motors (up 2.16 per cent), Maruti Suzuki (up 1.4 per cent), MRF (up 1.23 per cent) and Ashok Leyland (up 1.14 per cent) were among the top gainers.

While Hero MotoCorp (down 0.66 per cent), Bosch (down 0.42 per cent), TVS Motor Company (down 0.33 per cent) and Bharat Forge (down 0.18 per cent) were the top losers in the index.

The Nifty Auto index was trading 0.89 per cent up at 10231.05 around 02:38PM.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 114.50 points at 14850.9, while the BSE Sensex was up 401.28 points at 50172.57.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 31 were trading in the green, while 19 were in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, PNB, Bank of Baroda, Tata Motors and YES Bank were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Alkyl Amines, Adani Gas, Adani Enterpr., Adani Trans and Orchid Pharma hit their fresh 52-week high in today’s trade, while Mittal Life Style Ltd., Jump Networks Ltd., Sagardeep Alloys Ltd., Sanwaria Consumer Ltd., Surani Steel Tubes Ltd. and Marine Electricals (India) Ltd. hit fresh 52-week low in trade.