Samvardhana Motherson International Ltd.(up 0.48 per cent) and Tube Investments of India Ltd.(up 0.04 per cent) were among the top gainers.
Bajaj Auto Ltd.(down 2.56 per cent), Ashok Leyland Ltd.(down 2.14 per cent), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.(down 1.54 per cent), Tata Motors Ltd.(down 1.49 per cent) and Exide Industries Ltd.(down 1.32 per cent) were the top losers on the index.
The Nifty Auto index was down 1.08 per cent at 23301.1 at the time of writing this report.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 106.8 points at 24726.8, while the BSE Sensex was down 314.85 points at 81318.17.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 4 were trading in the green, while 46 were in the red. Shares of Suzlon Energy, Vodafone Idea, Reliance Power, MMTC and Ola Electric Mobilit were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Lumax Auto Tech, Shaily Engg Plastics, BSE, INEOS Styrolution and Venus Remedies hit their fresh 52-week highs in today’s trade, while Career Point, Signpost India, Navkar Builders, California Soft(PP)and Borana Weaves hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.