Eicher Motors Ltd.(up 2.39 per cent), Hero MotoCorp Ltd.(up 1.93 per cent), Balkrishna Industries Ltd.(up 1.03 per cent), Bajaj Auto Ltd.(up 0.91 per cent) and Sona BLW Precision Forgings Ltd.(up 0.82 per cent) were among the top gainers.
Tata Motors Ltd.(down 0.03 per cent) were the top losers on the index.
The Nifty Auto index was up 0.61 per cent at 16143.15 at the time of writing this report.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 125.45 points at 19356.05, while the BSE Sensex was up 405.01 points at 64768.79.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 47 were trading in the green, while 3 were in the red.
Shares of JP Power, Reliance Power, YES Bank, Vodafone Idea and Zomato were among the most traded shares on the NSE.