Share market update: Auto shares gain; Maruti Suzuki up 2%

NEW DELHI: Auto shares were trading on a positive note on Friday's morning session.

Shares of Bosch (up 2.37 per cent), Exide Industries (up 1.56 per cent), Bharat Forge (up 1.55 per cent), Maruti Suzuki (up 1.51 per cent) and MRF (up 1.47 per cent) were among the top gainers.

While Motherson Sumi Systems (down 0.9 per cent), Hero MotoCorp (down 0.74 per cent), Amara Raja Batteries (down 0.44 per cent) and Mahindra & Mahindra (down 0.14 per cent) were the top losers in the index.

The Nifty Auto index was trading 0.65 per cent up at 7546.9 around 10:31AM.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 15.30 points at 11184.85, while the BSE Sensex was 76.94 points at 37948.51.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 29 were trading in the green, while 21 were in the red.

Shares of YES Bank, Vodafone Idea, Alok Industries, Federal Bank and Tata Motors were among the most traded shares on the NSE.