Auto shares in focus ahead of November sales; Tata Motors, TVS Motor up 5%

Cummins India, Ashok Leyland, Motherson Sumi, Bajaj Auto, Balkrishna Industries, Exide Industries and Amara Raja Batteries from the auto index were up between 3 per cent and 5 per cent on the BSE

Shares of automobiles companies were in focus at the bourses on Friday ahead of the November month sales numbers, which release next week. The stock market will remain closed on account of Gurunanak Jayanti on Monday, November 30.

At 11:00 am, the S&P BSE Auto index, the top gainer among sectoral indices, was up nearly 2 per cent, as compared to 0.19 per cent decline in the S&P BSE Sensex. The auto index hit an intra-day high of 20,218, is trading close to its 52-week high level of 20,282 hit on Wednesday, November 25.

Among individual stocks, Tata