Maruti Suzuki (up 0.54 per cent) and Bosch (up 0.37 per cent) were among the top gainers.
Balkrishna Industries (down 1.47 per cent), TIINDIA (down 1.45 per cent), Eicher Motors (down 1.26 per cent), Ashok Leyland (down 1.2 per cent) and Bharat Forge (down 1.01 per cent) were the top losers on the index.
The Nifty Auto index was down 0.54 per cent at 10058.05 at the time of writing this report.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 75.65 points at 17293.6, while the BSE Sensex was down 241.78 points at 58063.29.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 14 were trading in the green, while 36 were in the red.
Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, Trident Ltd, NALCO and Coal India Ltd were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of ABM International L, Cantabil Retail, Apcotex Ind, Rex Pipes and Cables Industries Ltd. and DU Digital Technologies Ltd. hit their fresh 52-week highs in today’s trade, while Nandani Creation, Jiya Eco Products Lt, Varroc Engg. and Suvidhaa Infoserve Ltd. hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.