Maruti on Saturday announced it had sold 108,000 units in July, 88.2 per cent more than June 2020
In the past two months, the Nifty Auto index has outrun the benchmark index by surging nearly 13 per cent till Monday as against 4.5 per cent rise in Nifty
Company's prospects dented by lack of firm demand trend
In May, the S&P BSE Auto index gained 5.6 per cent as compared to 3.8 per cent decline in the S&P BSE Sensex.
Markets couldn't hold the strength during the day as selling pressure was witnessed in heavy index
The Nifty Auto index fell 7.33 per cent as compared to 5.1 per cent decline in the Nifty50 index
The weight of FMCG, software and pharma companies in Nifty now at 31.5% from 25.3% in December 2017
Private sector lender IndusInd Bank has caught the fancy of overseas investors
At the index level, the Nifty Auto index was down 1.4 per cent as compared to 1.3 per cent decline in the Nifty50 index
Eicher Motors, Bharat Forge, M&M, Maruti Suzuki and Hero MotoCorp slipped more than 5 per cent on the NSE today
Bharat Forge slipped 12 per cent from its intra-day high of Rs 298 on the NSE
Maruti Suzuki India (MSI), the country's largest carmaker, said it was suspending production at its facilities in Haryana "till further notice".
On BS VI transition, the company informed that it has already moved a large part of its product portfolio to BS VI and is seeing a good response to the BS VI motorcycles.
A comfortable valuation is always desirable but looking at the valuation from an aggregate perspective may not be very useful, says Nilesh Shah, MD and CEO at Envision Capital.
The two were the worst-performing carmakers on the Bloomberg World Auto Manufacturers Index in 2019, falling 23% and 28%.
Bank of America Merrill Lynch upgraded Maruti Suzuki India's stock to 'buy' from 'neutral' and raised the target to Rs 8,650 from Rs 7,450 per share
Tata Motors, Mahindra & Mahindra, Bharat Forge and Ashok Leyland from the Nifty Auto index climbed 3 per cent each on the National Stock Exchange.
Maruti Suzuki India, Hero MotoCorp and TVS Motor Company slipped 2 per cent each, while M&M, Eicher Motors, Bajaj Auto and Ashok Leyland were each down 1 per cent today.
Shares of public sector undertakings have been moving up the bourses
A government study has said the total annual revenue loss could be as much as Rs 50,000 crore if the panel decides to lower tax rates for the sector to 18 per cent from 28 per cent.