were among the top gainers.
TIINDIA (down 2.25 per cent), TVS Motor Company (down 1.73 per cent), Maruti Suzuki (down 1.35 per cent), Ashok Leyland (down 0.94 per cent) and Balkrishna Industries (down 0.84 per cent) were the top losers on the index.
The Nifty Auto index was down 0.71 per cent at 10354.4 at the time of writing this report.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 96.55 points at 15826.85, while the BSE Sensex was down 364.02 points at 52776.04.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 18 were trading in the green, while 31 were in the red.
Shares of Vodafone Idea, NALCO, Tata Power, YES Bank and Ibull Real Estate were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of G R Infraprojects Ltd., Clean Science & Technology Ltd., MPS Infotecnics, Archies Ltd and Steel City Securitie hit their fresh 52-week highs in today’s trade, while Walpar Nutritions Ltd., Suryoday Small Finance Bank Ltd. and OCL Iron Steel hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.