Share market update: Auto shares dip; Tata Motors down 3%

NEW DELHI: Auto shares were trading lower with the Nifty Auto index trading 0.5 per cent down at 9,006.25 around 10:45 am on Tuesday.

Shares of Tata Motors (DVR) (down 3.12 per cent), Tata Motors (down 3.06 per cent), Amara Raja Batteries (down 2.18 per cent) and Exide Industries (down 1.88 per cent), were the worst performers in the index.

Motherson Sumi Systems (down 1.16 per cent), Ashok Leyland (down 0.80 per cent), Bajaj Auto (down 0.65 per cent) and Hero MotoCorp (down 0.51 per cent) too were among the top laggards.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 13.70 points at 10,468.5 while BSE Sensex was 59.01 points at 34,753.98 at that time.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 26 were trading in the green, while 24 were in the red.

Shares of Tata Motors, Bank of Baroda, YES Bank, Indian Oil Corp, HPCL, SBI, Idea Cellular, Ashok Leyland, Coal India Ltd, ICICI Bank, Hindalco Industries, ONGC, Aurobindo Pharma, Vedanta, BPCL and Sun Pharma were among the most traded shares on the NSE.