NEW DELHI: Auto shares were trading in the green in Friday's morning session. Shares of Tata Motors (up 2.44 per cent), Mahindra - Mahindra (up 2 per cent), TVS Motor Company (up 1.87 per cent) and Ashok Leyland (up 1.66 per cent) were the top gainers in the index.
Amara Raja Batteries (up 1.30 per cent), Bharat Forge (up 0.71 per cent), Apollo Tyres (up 0.71 per cent) and Eicher Motors (up 0.63 per cent) too were trading higher.
The Nifty Auto index was trading 0.46 per cent up at 7042.95 around 09:46 am.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 2.55 points at 11,249.60 while the BSE Sensex was down 5.43 points at 37,825.55.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 23 were trading in the green, while 25 were in the red.
Shares of Tata Motors, Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, Bank of Baroda, Vedanta, Dish TV India, IDFC First Bank, PNB, Biocon and Ashok Leyland were among the most traded shares on the NSE.