Shares of Maruti Suzuki (down 1.72 per cent), Hero MotoCorp (down 1.68 per cent), Bajaj Auto (down 1.49 per cent), TVS Motor Company (down 1.19 per cent) and Eicher Motors (down 0.96 per cent) were the top losers in the index.
While MRF (up 1.19 per cent), Amara Raja Batteries (up 0.92 per cent), Ashok Leyland (up 0.89 per cent), Exide Industries (up 0.44 per cent) and Balkrishna Industries (up 0.33 per cent) were among the top gainers.
The Nifty Auto index was trading 0.64 per cent down at 10491.2 around 01:03PM.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 47.55 points at 15222.35, while the BSE Sensex was up 177.72 points at 51457.23.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 29 were trading in the green, while 21 were in the red.
Shares of Tata Power, IDBI Bank, Vodafone Idea, BHEL and YES Bank were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Welspun India, Indian Energy Exchange, Can Fin Homes, Orchid Pharma and Tata Power hit their fresh 52week high in today’s trade, while Shrenik Ltd., Bannari Amman Spinning Mills Ltd. and Marine Electricals (India) Ltd. hit fresh 52week low in trade.
