The direction came while the top court was hearing petitions challenging the prolonged tenure of BCI chairman Manan Kumar Mishra and seeking his removal from the post.
The strongest momentum was visible in the medium and heavy commercial vehicle (M&HCV) segment, pointing to improving demand from logistics, construction, infrastructure and long-haul transportation businesses.
The sell-off followed a rise in Brent crude prices amid concerns over possible disruptions to crude supplies through the Strait of Hormuz. Brent was trading 1.06 per cent higher at $95.65 a barrel.
JioHotstar is expanding its international footprint with the launch of its streaming service in the United Kingdom, Canada and Singapore, marking a major step in JioStar's strategy to take Indian entertainment to global audiences.
The crackdown comes amid growing awareness about food hygiene among Indian consumers, particularly in urban centres where eating out and ordering food online have become an increasingly regular part of daily life.
India's automobile industry needs to move beyond its focus on resilience and accelerate efforts to build global scale, technology leadership and internationally competitive value chains, industry leaders said on Wednesday.
The index declined as much as 2.38 per cent to 27,802.65 on the NSE, with all its constituents trading in the red. At around 10:15 AM, the Nifty Auto index was down 2.09 per cent at 27,896, compared with a 0.87 per cent decline in the Nifty 50 at 23,847.
The US 10-year Treasury yield rose to 4.81 per cent on Wednesday, moving closer to the 5 per cent level that Wood considers a potential trigger point for a major equity-market correction.
Shares of Sai Life Sciences continued their strong upward momentum on Wednesday, September 2, hitting a fresh lifetime high even as the broader Indian equity market witnessed heavy selling pressure.