With this weak auto sales numbers, on Thursday, the Nifty auto index made an intraday low of 6,783 and at 14:18 hours, Nifty Auto index was trading at 6,806.05, down by 42.30 points. Looking at the stock movements of the automakers, the stock of Maruti Suzuki gained nearly 2 per cent whereas Ashok Leyland declined by nearly 4 per cent.