INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
NEW DELHI: Auto stocks were trading mixed in afternoon trade on Tuesday.
The Nifty Auto index was 0.18 per cent up at 10,019 around 12:10
pm, with eight stocks trading with gains and eight incurring losses
Shares of Motherson Sumi Systems (up 3.15 per cent), TVS Motor Company (up 2.29 per cent), Maruti Suzuki India (up 1.44 per cent) and Bajaj
Auto (up 1.07 per cent) were the top gainers in the auto index.
Shares of MRF (up 0.92 per cent), Bharat Forge (up 0.73 per cent), Bosch (up
0.61 per cent) and Tata Motors (up 0.12 per cent) too edged up
On the other hand, Eicher Motors (down 1.90 per cent), Exide Industries (down 1.64 per cent) and Mahindra Mahindra (down 1.27 per cent)
were the top losers in the Nifty Auto index.
Shares of Tata Motors (DVR) (down 0.86 per cent), Hero MotoCorp (down 0.53 per cent), Apollo
Tyres (down 0.33 per cent), Amara Raja Batteries (down 0.25 per cent) and Ashok Leyland (down 0.25 per cent) too joined the pack of losers
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 34 points at 11,001, while the BSE Sensex was up 147 points at 36,452
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 29 were trading in the green, while 21 were in the red
Axis Bank, YES Bank, Sun Pharma, IndusInd Bank and Infosys were among the top gainers in the Nifty index.
Indiabulls Housing Finance, GAIL
(India), BPCL, HPCL and PowerGrid were among the top losers in the Nifty pack of stocks.