NEW DELHI: The Nifty Auto index traded negative around 10:04AM(IST)on Thursday in an upbeat market. Bosch Ltd.(up 0.

99 per cent), Bharat Forge Ltd.(up 0.82 per cent), TVS Motor Company Ltd.

(up 0.73 per cent), Balkrishna Industries Ltd.(up 0.

58 per cent) and Tata Motors Ltd.(up 0.4 per cent) were among the top gainers.

Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.(down 1.14 per cent), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.

(down 0.81 per cent), Eicher Motors Ltd.(down 0.

43 per cent), Apollo Tyres Ltd.(down 0.34 per cent) and Bajaj Auto Ltd.

(down 0.33 per cent) were the top losers on the index. The Nifty Auto index was down 0.

26 per cent at 24953.85 at the time of writing this report. Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 74.

46 points at 23943.25, while the BSE Sensex was up 262.12 points at 78936.

37. Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 21 were trading in the green, while 29 were in the red. Shares of Vodafone Idea, India Cements, Indian Renewable, GMR Infra and YES Bank were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Burnpur Cement, GRP Ltd, Amines Plastic, India Cements and Whirlpool India hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while SecUR Credentials, Filatex Fashions, MEP Infrastructure, Creative Eye and TN Telecom hit fresh 52-week lows in trade..