Share market update: BSE Auto index in the green; Maruti among top gainers

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
NEW DELHI: The BSE Auto index was trading 0.54 per cent up at 24,815.39 around 02:15 pm on Tuesday, with Balkrishna Industries (up 5.02 per
cent) as the top gainer
Shares of Motherson Sumi Systems (up 1.77 per cent), Cummins India (up 1.76 per cent), Maruti Suzuki India (up 1.69 per cent), Bosch (up
1.16 per cent), TVS Motor Company (up 1.07 per cent), Tata Motors (up 0.37 per cent) and Mahindra Mahindra (up 0.32 per cent) too were
trading with gains
However, Apollo Tyres (down 3.94 per cent), Eicher Motors (down 0.91 per cent), MRF (down 0.88 per cent), Exide Industries (down 0.72 per
cent), Bajaj Auto (down 0.62 per cent), Ashok Leyland (down 0.38 per cent) and Bharat Forge (down 0.24 per cent) were down around that time
Benchmark BSE Sensex was up 179.06 points at 38,873.17, while the NSE Nifty50 index was up 41 points at 11,733.10
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 23 were trading in the green, while 27 were in the red
In the Sensex kitty, 16 stocks were advancing and 15 were declining in trade
Reliance Industries, Maruti Suzuki and NTPC were leading among Sensex scrips.