After selling brands like Pulsar, Boxer, Platina and RE in over 70 countries, Bajaj Auto plans to enter Thailand this year followed by Brazil next year.
Bajaj Auto workers at the Chakan plant called off their strike on Tuesday after 50 days of agitation.
Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty experienced a significant decline, falling over 1 per cent due to foreign fund outflows and global uncertainties.
Indian equity markets closed higher, driven by gains in PSU bank, auto, and financial stocks, following the US Supreme Court's decision on tariffs. Sensex climbed 479.95 points to 83,294.66, and Nifty advanced 141.75 points to 25,713.
The Pune-based two- and three-wheeler maker will roll out the 150-cc bike, christened 'V', on February 1
Bajaj Auto Ltd on Wednesday reported a 6.98 per cent drop in its net profit at Rs 179.9 crore (Rs 17.9 billion) for the second quarter ending September 30, 2004, as compared to Rs 193.4 crore (Rs 19.3 billion) in the corresponding period last fiscal.
Bajaj Auto Ltd has clocked a three per cent growth in two-wheeler sales last month at 106,872 units compared to 1,03,790 units in January 2003.
The Pulsar 150 AS is positioned as an adventure tourer+commuter motorcycle with a ton of goodies, says Indian motoring website MotorBeam.
Aided by growth in the executive and premium segments, Bajaj Auto Ltd has clocked a 17.4 per cent rise in motorcycles sales at 91,257 units in November over 77,732 units sold in same period last year.
Bajaj Auto Ltd has posted a 38 per cent rise in motorcycle sales at 95,680 units in September 2003 compared to 69,359 units sold in the same period last year.
Among the Sensex constituents, Eternal, Tata Steel, Kotak Mahindra Bank, UltraTech Cement, Maruti Suzuki India, Sun Pharmaceuticals, Tech Mahindra, HDFC Bank, Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles, Infosys, Trent, Mahindra & Mahindra, Reliance Industries and HCL Technologies were the gainers. However, Asian Paints, Bharti Airtel, Bajaj Finance, PowerGrid, Axis Bank, ICICI Bank and Titan were among the laggards.
Benchmark stock indices Sensex and Nifty closed on a flat note in a choppy session on Wednesday as gains in PSU banks and auto shares were offset by losses in IT stocks.
Royal Enfield's sales are equivalent to the global sales of Harley-Davidson, KTM, BMW, Triumph, and Ducati combined, but Bajaj's MD has a counterview.
Bajaj Auto Ltd (BAL) on Tuesday said workmen at its Chakan plant have "stopped coming" to work thereby affecting production following the management's refusal to allot them shares at discounted price.
Kerala has overtaken more industrialised states in personal electric vehicle adoption, driven by strong middle-class uptake, policy support, and charging infrastructure.
Mahindra and Mahindra (M&M) recorded the sharpest acceleration among large players, with EV retail jumping to 33,513 units from 7,139 units, an almost 5-fold jump, aided by strong demand for new launches.
Bajaj Auto has raced ahead of Hero Honda Motors in terms of market capitalisation following the recent drubbing received by the latter, while the former managed gains in a weak market.
With the introduction of Pulsar in the first decade of this century, the Chakan-based bike maker had rightly gauged the pulse of the youth. Pulsar AS 150 just raises the notch further for competition, reckons Tanmay Pangam
Even a high powered performance by Rahul Bajaj at the packed press conference and analyst meet at the Oberoi Hilton in down-town Mumbai couldn't stop the stock from sliding on the bourses.
Aided by growth across all segments, Bajaj Auto Ltd has recorded its highest ever sales of 107,115 motorcyles in October 2003, a 29.2 per cent increase over the same month last year.
Bajaj Auto Limited would open assembly plants in Indonesia and Brazil in a bid to boost overseas presence even as it has lined up four launches in the next six months to drive further domestic growth, a top company official said.
The stock of automative major Eicher Motors hit its all-time high on Wednesday, capping the year with gains of about 52.7 per cent. It has comfortably outperformed its sector index, the Nifty Auto, which jumped 22.7 per cent, as well as the benchmark Nifty, which rose 10 per cent during this period.
Bajaj Auto is gearing up to launch clean-energy vehicles including another motorcycle powered by compressed natural gas (CNG), showcase ethanol-powered motorcycles and three-wheelers next month, as well as launch a new Chetak platform early next year, as it closes in on hitting 100,000 monthly sales from clean-energy vehicles this festival season. In an interview with CNBC-TV18, Bajaj Auto managing director Rajiv Bajaj said these initiatives were part of the firm's broader goal to achieve monthly sales of 100,000 clean-energy vehicles this festival season.
The Bajaj Pulsar 220 was the fastest in India. However things have changed now with the launch of the Honda CBR250R. So Bajaj Auto decided to launch a more powerful version of the Pulsar by September this year to retain the fastest Indian tag.
Bajaj Finance's shares fell more than 7 per cent on Tuesday after it trimmed growth guidance for FY26, from 24-25 per cent projected earlier to 22-23 per cent.
Given the stronger rural activity, and potential goods and services tax (GST) impact, investors are bullish on the two-wheeler (2W) segment. In August, dealers in the domestic market picked up 11 per cent more 2Ws year-on-year (Y-o-Y), despite only 2 per cent growth in retail registrations. This indicates inventory stocking ahead of the festival season. Export trends were good. TVS Motor and Royal Enfield may have gained domestic market share.
Among Sensex stocks, Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles, Trent, Infosys, Power Grid, HDFC Bank, HCL Tech, Kotak Mahindra Bank, ICICI Bank and Bajaj Finance were the major laggards. However, Bharat Electronics, State Bank of India, Tata Steel, Eternal, Bharti Airtel and Reliance Industries were the gainers.
Bajaj Auto Ltd has posted a 19.2 per cent increase in the motorcycle sales at 82,239 units in June 2003, compared to 68,965 units sold in the same period last year.
Bajaj Auto Ltd has posted a net profit of Rs 1,339.40 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2002 (DQ-02) as compared to Rs 1,081.70 million in the quarter ended December 31, 2001 (DQ-01). \n\n\n\n
The Freedom 125 has sold 8,310 units in October to date. This is its highest since it was launched in July and may touch close to 9,000 by the end of the month.
The company said its net sales during the quarter under review stood at Rs 5,061.49 crore (Rs 50.61 billion) as against Rs 4,817.07 crore (Rs 48.17 billion) in the same quarter last fiscal, up 5.07 per cent.
The fiscal tilt towards capex benefits companies in investment-related sectors like capital goods, defence equipment, engineering & construction and metal & mining. The planned cut in revenue expenditure will weigh on companies in consumption sectors like FMCG, consumer durables and retail.
Quarterly earnings, macroeconomic data announcements and global trends will drive the Indian stock markets in a holiday-shortened week, analysts said. Stock markets would remain closed on Wednesday for the Guru Nanak Gurpurab holiday.
Seven listed Tata companies together own 12.1 per cent in Tata Sons with a combined book value worth around Rs 30,700 crore.
Two-wheeler (2W) giant Bajaj Auto registered record sales across the country over the weekend on the back of Gudi Padwa, hawking 26,938 vehicles that included motorcycles and its electric scooter Chetak.
With demand continuing to be strong post the festive season, leading automakers, Maruti Suzuki, Tata Motors and Mahindra & Mahindra, saw robust growth in sales in November as compared to the same month last year. Maruti Suzuki India reported the best-ever total sales, including exports, last month at 229,021 units, a year-on-year growth of 26 per cent as compared to November last year.
The two-wheeler giant had only 14 per cent of the electric two-wheeler market in May this year, but its 26.8 per cent in December
Bajaj Auto Ltd has clocked a 3.1 per cent growth in two wheeler sales for the fiscal ended March 31 at 12,88,259 units compared to 12,49,104 units in 2002-03.
Electric two-wheeler (e2W) companies are upset with some of their suppliers of heavy rare-earth magnet-powered electric motors, who have objected to their proposal - under consideration by the government - that would allow e2W original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) an exemption from localisation norms on electric motors, thereby enabling them to continue receiving the 5,000-per-vehicle subsidy.V
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