NEW DELHI: Auto shares were trading in the red in Monday's morning session.Shares of Maruti Suzuki India (down 3.61 per cent) , Motherson Sumi Systems (down 1.88 per cent) , Ashok Leyland (down 1.70 per cent) and Apollo Tyres (down 1.69 per cent) were trading with losses.Bharat Forge (down 1.36 per cent) , Hero MotoCorp (down 1.02 per cent) , Eicher Motors (down 0.89 per cent) and Bajaj Auto (down 0.42 per cent) too were trading lower.
The Nifty Auto index was trading 1.18 per cent down at 8644.70 around 10:10 am.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 75.25 points at 11,502.10 while the BSE Sensex was up 251.65 points at 38,275.97.Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 37 were trading in the green, while 13 were in the red.
Shares of Indian Oil Corp, YES Bank, Ashok Leyland, Tata Motors, Bank of Baroda, BEL, ICICI Bank, SBI, SAIL, RIL, NTPC, Vodafone Idea, Axis Bank, Lupin, HPCL and BPCL were among the most traded shares on the NSE.