Bajaj Auto Ltd.(up 2.57 per cent), Tata Motors Ltd.(up 1.02 per cent), TVS Motor Company Ltd.(up 0.85 per cent), Ashok Leyland Ltd.(up 0.39 per cent) and Bosch Ltd.(up 0.32 per cent) were among the top gainers.
Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.(down 4.21 per cent), MRF Ltd.(down 1.04 per cent), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.(down 0.92 per cent), Eicher Motors Ltd.(down 0.77 per cent) and Samvardhana Motherson International Ltd.(down 0.38 per cent) were the top losers on the index.
The Nifty Auto index was down 0.47 per cent at 21082.2 at the time of writing this report.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 14.8 points at 22459.25, while the BSE Sensex was down 52.95 points at 74033.04.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 30 were trading in the green, while 20 were in the red.
Shares of YES Bank, SBFC Finance, Vodafone Idea, Tata Steel and Suzlon Energy were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Chemfab Alkalis, Rallis India, Tata Chemicals, Laxmi Goldorna House and Tata Investment hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Platinum Industries, Sanco Industries, Compuage Infocom, Vaxtex Cotfab and Indiabulls Intgrtd hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.