Sona BLW Precision Forgings Ltd.(up 2.73 per cent), TVS Motor Company Ltd.(up 0.91 per cent), Tube Investments of India Ltd.(up 0.33 per cent), Ashok Leyland Ltd.(up 0.21 per cent) and Hero MotoCorp Ltd.(up 0.13 per cent) were among the top gainers.
Bharat Forge Ltd.(down 2.45 per cent), Samvardhana Motherson International Ltd.(down 2.02 per cent), Bajaj Auto Ltd.(down 1.82 per cent), Balkrishna Industries Ltd.(down 1.2 per cent) and Tata Motors Ltd.(down 1.15 per cent) were the top losers on the index.
The Nifty Auto index was down 0.62 per cent at 20995.05 at the time of writing this report.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 55.55 points at 22438.0, while the BSE Sensex was down 229.38 points at 73890.01.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 29 were trading in the green, while 21 were in the red.
Shares of YES Bank, Infibeam Avenues, Vodafone Idea, Jio Financial Servic and Tata Steel were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Kirloskar Bros., Torrent Power, Chemfab Alkalis, Kalpataru Power and Solar Ind. hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Vibhor Steel Tubes, Infomedia Press, Platinum Industries, Mask Investments and Compuage Infocom hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.