TIINDIA (up 2.67 per cent) and Balkrishna Industries (up 0.89 per cent) were among the top gainers.
Eicher Motors (down 1.26 per cent), Tata Motors (down 1.22 per cent), Maruti Suzuki (down 1.03 per cent), Mahindra & Mahindra (down 0.91 per cent) and Ashok Leyland (down 0.9 per cent) were the top losers on the index.
The Nifty Auto index was down 0.74 per cent at 10019.85 at the time of writing this report.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 102.55 points at 15643.9, while the BSE Sensex was down 341.74 points at 52237.02.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 11 were trading in the green, while 39 were in the red.
Shares of Zomato Ltd., YES Bank, Trident Ltd, Suzlon Energy and Vodafone Idea were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Synergy Green Ind, Golden Tobacco, Sterling Tools, India Motor Part and BLS Int. Services hit their fresh 52-week highs in today’s trade, while PVP Ventures Ltd., Madhav Copper, Viceroy Hotels, Bright Solar and Alembic Pharma hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.