NEW DELHI: Auto shares were trading in the green in Wednesday's morning session.

Shares of Tata Motors (up 1.87 per cent), Maruti Suzuki India (up 1.45 per cent), Bharat Forge (up 1.36 per cent) and Amara Raja Batteries (up 1.35 per cent) were the top gainers in the index.

TVS Motor Company (up 1.19 per cent), Mahindra & Mahindra (up 1.02 per cent), Bosch (up 0.59 per cent) and Apollo Tyres (up 0.56 per cent) too were trading higher.

The Nifty Auto index was trading 0.76 per cent up at 8569.05 around 09:57 am.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 33.60 points at 11,746.80 while the BSE Sensex was up 165.17 points at 39,221.82.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 32 were trading in the green, while 16 were in the red.

Shares of Tata Motors, Bank of Baroda, YES Bank, SAIL, DLF, SBI, BEL, Bharti Airtel, Tata Motors, Ashok Leyland, HPCL, ICICI Bank, Zee Ent. and BHEL were among the most traded shares on the NSE.