Hero MotoCorp rises 2%, nears 52-week high as February sales improve

The company's total motorcycle sales stood at 4.63 lakh units last month as against 4.79 lakh units in February 2020, down 3.25 per cent YoY

Shares of Hero MotoCorp, on Tuesday, rose 2.2 per cent to Rs 3,423.50 on the BSE after the two-wheeler maker reported a 1.45 per cent increase in total sales at 5.05 lakh units in February.

The company had sold 4.98 lakh units in the same month of the previous year, Hero MotoCorp said in a statement. Total motorcycle sales stood at 4.63 lakh units last month as against 4.79 lakh units in February 2020, down 3.25 per cent. Total scooter sales, however, increased over two fold to 41,744 units as compared with 18,932 units in the year-ago month, it added.

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