NEW DELHI: Auto shares were trading in the red in Tuesday's morning session.Shares of Maruti Suzuki India (down 2.29 per cent), Hero MotoCorp (down 2 per cent), Mahindra Mahindra (down 1.78 per cent) and Tata Motors (down 1.74 per cent) were the top losers in the index.Motherson Sumi Systems (down 1.42 per cent), Ashok Leyland (down 1.36 per cent), Bharat Forge (down 1.34 per cent) and TVS Motor Company (down 0.83 per cent) too were trading lower.
The Nifty Auto index was trading 1.48 per cent down at 8368 around 09:50 am.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 61.95 points at 11,692.70 while the BSE Sensex was 202 points at 38,865.33.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 19 were trading in the green, while 30 were in the red.
Shares of YES Bank, Bank of Baroda, Vodafone Idea, Tata Motors, LT Fin Holding, SBI, SAIL, ICICI Bank, Indian Oil Corp, Bharti Infratel, Ashok Leyland, Indiabulls Housing Finance, Axis Bank, BPCL and DLF were among the most traded shares on the NSE.