Share market update: Auto shares down; Motherson Sumi plunges 19%

NEW DELHI: Auto shares were trading in the red in Friday's morning session.

Shares of Motherson Sumi Systems (down 19.07 per cent), Ashok Leyland (down 14.3 per cent), Maruti Suzuki (down 13.16 per cent), Hero MotoCorp (down 12.56 per cent), Bajaj Auto (down 12.35 per cent), Mahindra & Mahindra (down 11.46 per cent), Exide Industries (down 10.78 per cent), Tata Motors (down 10.63 per cent), Apollo Tyres (down 10.58 per cent), Bosch (down 9.72 per cent), TVS Motor Company (down 9.54 per cent), Bharat Forge (down 9.24 per cent), Amara Raja Batteries (down 8.88 per cent) and Eicher Motors (down 6.75 per cent) were the top losers in the index.

The Nifty Auto index was trading 11.38 per cent down at 5346.65.


The BSE Sensex hit its 10 per cent lower circuit limit at 29,687.52 after falling 3,090.62 points, or 9.43 per cent. The Nifty50 also hit its lower circuit at 8,624.05, down 966.10 points or 10.07 per cent. The trading has been halted for 45 minutes.
The next Nifty circuit will be at 8,151.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 0 were trading in the green, while 50 were in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, GMR Infra, SBI, ICICI Bank, Tata Motors, ITC, IDFC First Bank Ltd., ONGC and Coal India Ltd were among the most traded shares on the NSE.