Among the components of the BSE Auto index, Tata Motors Ltd (up 2.96%), Sundram Fasteners Ltd (up 1.49%),Bharat Forge Ltd (up 0.79%),Bosch Ltd (up 0.55%),Samvardhana Motherson International Ltd (up 0.22%), were the top gainers. Among the other gainers were Uno Minda Ltd (up 0.21%), and Ashok Leyland Ltd (up 0.07%).
On the other hand, Balkrishna Industries Ltd (down 1.06%), Exide Industries Ltd (down 0.76%), and Apollo Tyres Ltd (down 0.41%) turned lower.
At 09:46 IST, the BSE SmallCap was down 283.91 or 0.61% at 46551.
The BSE 150 MidCap Index index was down 47.62 points or 0.32% at 14681.84.
The Nifty 50 index was up 23.25 points or 0.1% at 24402.85.
The BSE Sensex index was down 12.45 points or 0.02% at 80628.62.
On BSE,943 shares were trading in green, 2106 were trading in red and 130 were unchanged.