Shares of Motherson Sumi Systems (down 3.15 per cent) , Balkrishna Industries (down 2.74 per cent) , Mahindra & Mahindra (down 2.13 per cent) , Hero MotoCorp (down 2.09 per cent) and Ashok Leyland (down 2.0 per cent) were the top losers in the index.
While Exide Industries (up 0.29 per cent), Bosch (up 0.08 per cent) and Maruti Suzuki (up 0.02 per cent) were among the top gainers.
The Nifty Auto index was trading 1.31 per cent down at 10831.15 around 01:55PM.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 112.20 points at 15096.7, while the BSE Sensex was down 449.93 points at 51253.9.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 22 were trading in the green, while 28 were in the red.
Shares of PNB, Bank of Baroda, Vodafone Idea, YES Bank and Central Bank Ind were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Central Bank of India, The New India Assurance, IOB, Bank of Baroda and Union Bank India hit their fresh 52 week high in today’s trade, while Vera Synthetic Ltd., Jiya Eco Products Ltd., Sanwaria Consumer Ltd., Radha Madhav Corporation Ltd., Osia Hyper Retail Ltd. and Marine Electricals (India) Ltd. hit fresh 52 week low in trade.
