Share market update: Auto shares in the red; Ashok Leyland dips 3%

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

Shares of Ashok Leyland (down 2.81 per cent) , MRF (down 1.36 per cent) , TVS Motor Company (down 1.34 per cent) and Bosch (down 1.03 per cent) were the top losers in the index.

Apollo Tyres (down 0.48 per cent) , Eicher Motors (down 0.37 per cent) , Bajaj Auto (down 0.13 per cent) and Hero MotoCorp (down 0.10 per cent) too were trading lower.


The Nifty Auto index was trading flat at 8169.70 around 09:44 am.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 14.40 points at 11,893.75 while the BSE Sensex was down 17.64 points at 40,305.97.

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

Shares of YES Bank, Vodafone Idea, Ashok Leyland, Bank of Baroda, Ibull HousingFin, JSPL, Tata Power, Edelweiss Fin, Tata Motors and SBI were among the most traded shares on the NSE.