Shares of Balkrishna Industries Ltd.(up 0.92 per cent), Sona BLW Precision Forgings Ltd.(up 0.71 per cent), Bharat Forge Ltd.(up 0.59 per cent), MRF Ltd.(up 0.55 per cent) and Tube Investments of India Ltd.(up 0.46 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.
On the other hand, Hero MotoCorp Ltd.(down 1.69 per cent), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.(down 1.66 per cent), Bosch Ltd.(down 1.38 per cent), TVS Motor Company Ltd.(down 0.9 per cent) and Ashok Leyland Ltd.(down 0.76 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty Auto index closed 0.51 per cent down at 16479.7.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended down 231.9 points at 19901.4, while the BSE Sensex stood down 796.0 points at 66800.84.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 10 ended in the green, while 39 closed in the red.
Shares of JP Power, IOB, YES Bank, Suzlon Energy and Vodafone Idea were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Jindal Photo, HSIL, Blue Star, IFCI and Moksh Ornaments Ltd.
hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while SS Infrastructure, Jiwanram Sheoduttrai, FutureLifestyleFash, Shri Techtex and Penta Gold hit their fresh 52-week lows.
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