Indices: Stock market update: Nifty Auto index falls 1.15%

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Auto index closed on a negative note on Friday.

Shares of MRF(up 1.41 per cent), Ashok Leyland(up 1.23 per cent) and Bharat Forge(up 0.14 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.

On the other hand, Escorts(down 3.77 per cent), Hero MotoCorp(down 2.05 per cent), TIINDIA(down 1.91 per cent), Maruti Suzuki(down 1.86 per cent) and Eicher Motors(down 1.8 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.

The Nifty Auto index closed 1.15 per cent down at 10830.9.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended down 67.1 points at 15293.5, while the BSE Sensex stood down 135.37 points at 51360.42.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 12 ended in the green, while 38 closed in the red.

Shares of , , SAIL, and were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Globesecure Technologies Ltd., HAL,

, Globe Intl. Carriers and . hit their fresh 52-week highs in today’s trade, while , , , and hit their fresh 52-week lows.