Shares of Bharat Forge Ltd.(up 2.47 per cent), Apollo Tyres Ltd.(up 1.16 per cent), Balkrishna Industries Ltd.(up 0.99 per cent), MRF Ltd.(up 0.68 per cent) and Hero MotoCorp Ltd.(up 0.66 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.
On the other hand, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.(down 1.27 per cent), Exide Industries Ltd.(down 0.97 per cent), Bajaj Auto Ltd.(down 0.73 per cent), Eicher Motors Ltd.(down 0.67 per cent) and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.(down 0.5 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty Auto index closed 0.39 per cent down at 25934.25.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended down 81.15 points at 25198.7, while the BSE Sensex stood down 202.8 points at 82352.64.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 18 ended in the green, while 31 closed in the red.
Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, Piramal Pharma, Zomato and JM Financial were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Deep Industries, Refex Industries, CCL Products, TBZ and Medi Assist Healthcare Services hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Globale Tessile, Mahalaxmi Fabric Mil, Revathi Equipment, Brainbees Solutions and Avantel hit their fresh 52-week lows.