NEW DELHI: Auto stocks Mahindra & Mahindra (up 2.62 per cent), Apollo Tyres (up 2.36 per cent), Exide Industries (up 1.56 per cent) and Ashok Leyland (up 1.51 per cent) were trading up in Monday's trade.

The Nifty Auto index was trading 1.2 per cent up at 11,585 around 01:25 pm (IST).

Shares of Maruti Suzuki India (up 1.42 per cent), Bharat Forge (up 1.37 per cent), Motherson Sumi Systems (up 1.29 per cent), Eicher Motors (up 1.29 per cent), MRF (up 1.03 per cent) and Hero MotoCorp (up 1.02 per cent) were also in the green.

Amara Raja Batteries (down 0.71 per cent) was the only component in the Nifty Auto index that was in the red around that time.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 68 points at 10,402, while the BSE Sensex was 212 points up at 33,675.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty50 index, 36 were trading in the green, while 14 were in the red.

Shares of Vedanta, Hindalco, Mahindra & Mahindra, Adani Ports SEZ, State Bank of India and ICICI Bank were among the top gainers in the Nifty50 index.

However, Tech Mahindra, YES Bank, Indian Oil Corporation, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation, UPL and Bharat Petroleum Corporation were trading in the negative zone.