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NEW DELHI: Shares of Bosch (up 4.58 per cent), Bharat Forge (up 2.28 per cent), Balkrishna Industries (up 0.98 per cent), Mahindra Mahindra (MM) (up 0.83 per cent) and Tata Motors (up 0.81 per cent) were trading with gains, giving a leg up to the auto index in Wednesday's session.
The BSE Auto index was trading 0.30 per cent up at 24,898.52 around 02:30 pm.
Shares of Motherson Sumi Systems (up 0.37 per cent), MRF (up 0.27 per cent), Ashok Leyland (up 0.15 per cent), Exide Industries (up 0.14 per cent), Hero MotoCorp (up 0.13 per cent) and Bajaj Auto (up 0.13 per cent) too were in the green.
However, losses in shares of Eicher Motors (down 1.66 per cent), Apollo Tyres (down 1.30 per cent), TVS Motor Company (down 0.75 per cent), Cummins India (down 0.72 per cent) and Maruti Suzuki India (down 0.19 per cent) restricted the gains for the sectoral index.
Equity market was reflecting cautious mood ahead of August series FO expiry scheduled tomorrow.
A fresh fall in the Indian rupee against the US dollar too hit the sentiment.
Benchmark BSE Sensex was 73.29 points down at 38,823.34, while the NSE Nifty50 index was down 25.85 points at 11,712.65.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 22 were trading in the green, while 28 were in the red.
In the Sensex index, 17 stocks were advancing, while 14 were declining.
State Bank of India, Tata Steel and ONGC were leading among Sensex gainers.
Coal India, PowerGrid and Reliance Industries were among the top losers in the Sensex index.
