Eicher Motors rose 2.84% to Rs 22,431.10 at 10:06 IST on BSE after the company said its total motorcyles sales surged 42% to 57,398 units in December 2016 over December 2015.
The company announced the monthly sales volume yesterday, 1 January 2017.Meanwhile, the S&P BSE Sensex was down 89.19 points or 0.33% at 26,537.27.
On the BSE, 2,221 shares were traded on the counter so far as against the average daily volumes of 5,241 shares in the past one quarter. The stock had hit a high of Rs 22,851 and a low of Rs 22,222 so far during the day.
The stock had hit a record high of Rs 26,601.95 on 29 September 2016 and a 52-week low of Rs 14,817.75 on 19 January 2016. It had outperformed the market over the past one month till 30 December 2016, advancing 0.63% compared with the Sensex's 0.1% fall. The scrip had, however, underperformed the market over the past one quarter declining 12.46% as against the Sensex's 4.45% fall.
The large-cap company has equity capital of Rs 27.20 crore. Face value per share is Rs 10.
Eicher Motors' exports of motorcycles jumped 160% to 1,082 units in December 2016 over December 2015.
Separately, Eicher Motors announced yesterday, 1 January 2017 that sale volume of VE Commercial Vehicles, an unlisted subsidiary of Eicher Motors fell 20.04% to 4,048 units in December 2016 over December 2015.
On a consolidated basis, net profit of Eicher Motors rose 45.19% to Rs 413.16 crore on 35.14% rise in net sales to Rs 1748.44 crore in Q2 September 2016 over Q2 September 2015.
Eicher Motors (EML) is the flagship company of the Eicher Group. EML is one of the leading players in the Indian automotive space. EML owns the iconic Royal Enfield motorcycle business which leads the premium motorcycle segment in India. EML's joint venture with the Volvo group, VE Commercial Vehicles, designs, manufactures and markets reliable, fuel-efficient trucks and buses.
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