Shares of Bosch Ltd.(up 1.31 per cent), Tube Investments of India Ltd.(up 0.88 per cent), Ashok Leyland Ltd.(up 0.48 per cent), Samvardhana Motherson International Ltd.(up 0.46 per cent) and Tata Motors Ltd.(up 0.17 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.
On the other hand, Hero MotoCorp Ltd.(down 1.93 per cent), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.(down 1.92 per cent), Balkrishna Industries Ltd.(down 0.76 per cent), TVS Motor Company Ltd.(down 0.73 per cent) and Bajaj Auto Ltd.(down 0.72 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty Auto index closed 0.56 per cent down at 23872.55.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended down 120.75 points at 25517.05, while the BSE Sensex stood down 452.44 points at 83606.46.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 20 ended in the green, while 30 closed in the red. Shares of Vodafone Idea, RattanIndia Power, Suzlon Energy, JP Power and YES Bank were among the most traded shares on the NSE. Shares of Euro India Fresh, Sanofi Consumer Heal, Force Motors, Indef Manufacturing and Banco Products hit their fresh 52-week highs in today’s trade, while Rajoo Engineers, SKIL Infrastructure, Sadhana Nitro, CMI Ltd and Varanium Cloud hit their fresh 52-week lows.