Auto stocks edge higher

Auto stocks were trading with gains, with the S&P BSE Auto index increasing 93.97 points or 0.52% at 18088.95 at 09:48 IST.

Among the components of the S&P BSE Auto index, Tata Motors Ltd (up 1.94%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd (up 1.31%),Balkrishna Industries Ltd (up 1.03%),Maruti Suzuki India Ltd (up 0.65%),Bajaj Auto Ltd (up 0.44%), were the top gainers. Among the other gainers were Ashok Leyland Ltd (up 0.44%), Apollo Tyres Ltd (up 0.3%), Bosch Ltd (up 0.27%), Motherson Sumi Systems Ltd (up 0.11%), and Hero MotoCorp Ltd (up 0.09%).

On the other hand, TVS Motor Company Ltd (down 0.74%), Eicher Motors Ltd (down 0.19%), and MRF Ltd (down 0.15%) turned lower.

At 09:48 IST, the S&P BSE Sensex was up 100.64 or 0.24% at 41452.81.

The Nifty 50 index was up 29.6 points or 0.24% at 12194.6.

The S&P BSE Small-Cap index was up 44.67 points or 0.33% at 13438.44.

The S&P BSE 150 Midcap Index index was up 6.56 points or 0.14% at 4715.55.

On BSE,800 shares were trading in green, 507 were trading in red and 76 were unchanged.

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