Global trends, trading activity of foreign investors and domestic macroeconomic data announcements would dictate terms in the equity market in a holiday-shortened week ahead, analysts said. Equity markets would remain closed on Wednesday for Gandhi Jayanti. "Looking ahead, it will be interesting to monitor Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) and their flow into India.
Enhertu currently costs around Rs 1.6 lakh per 100-milligram injection.
The country's biggest car manufacturer, Maruti Udyog, reported a 20.7 per cent increase in domestic sales during November with sales of 52,574 vehicles as compared to 43,568 vehicles in the same month last year.
Car maker Maruti Udyog Ltd on Tuesday reported a 11.10 per cent increase in domestic sales at 55,894 vehicles during October 2006 as compared to 50,308 vehicles in the year-ago period.
Total sales of passenger vehicles, including Scorpio, XUV500, Xylo, Bolero and Verito, stood at 20,748 units as against 20,554 units in April 2012.
Tata Motors on Wednesday reported a 22 per cent fall in consolidated net profit to Rs 5,578 crore for the third quarter ended December 2024, impacted by s decline in revenue from its passenger and commercial vehicles divisions. The company had posted a consolidated net profit of Rs 7,145 crore in the same quarter last fiscal, Tata Motors said in a regulatory filing.
Two-wheeler exports from India have decreased by 20 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) to 1.69 million units in the first half (H1) of 2023-24 (FY24) due to a challenging geopolitical situation and foreign exchange (forex) crises in key markets such as South Asia, industry body Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (Siam) said on Monday. On the other hand, passenger vehicle (PV) exports in H1FY24 increased by 5 per cent to 336,754 units because the key markets are much more diversified worldwide, Vinod Aggarwal, president, Siam, told reporters during a press conference. The Russia-Ukraine war, which started in February 2022, has brought significant instability to global fuel prices.
The board of Maruti Suzuki India (MSIL) on Tuesday approved a proposal to issue shares worth Rs 12,841 crore to parent company Suzuki Motor Corporation (SMC) for acquiring Suzuki Motor Gujarat (SMG). The Gujarat manufacturing plant - with an annual capacity of 750,000 units - is owned by SMG, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SMC. The shares issued to SMC will raise its ownership in MSIL from 56.48 per cent to 58.19 per cent--India's largest carmaker stated in a notice to BSE.
In recent months, several pharma multinational corporations (MNCs) are increasingly turning to Indian companies to expand market reach in the country's pharmaceuticals sector. Sanofi's partnerships with Dr Reddy's, Cipla, and Emcure, AstraZeneca and Mankind Pharma - teaming up for asthma medication distribution - are a few instances of this trend. This strategy allows MNCs to leverage established Indian networks and reach a wider audience. Indian companies also benefit from global brands and expertise, say analysts.
Stake sales by promoters and private equity/venture capital (PE/VC) investors this year are already exceeding twice those of last year. So far this calendar year, the selling stands at over Rs 87,400 crore, 2.2 times the Rs 39,700 crore worth of shares sold by promoters and PE/VCs in 2022. This year's tally has received a boost from stake sales by Adani group promoters.
India's largest carmaker Maruti Udyog on Wednesday said its car sales grew by three per cent in September even as production continued to be hit by a prolonged strike at one its major component suppliers.
Maruti Udyog Ltd, India's biggest carmaker, has posted a 69.8 per cent rise in sales in July 2003, helped by a continued spurt in demand for the entry- level model 'Maruti-800'.
DIIs owned equities worth Rs 73.5 trillion, just 1.9 per cent less than FPIs. This marks a significant change from a decade ago.
December car sales data was a mixed bag. While some reported growth in sales other saw a dip. This probably can be because customers are waiting for a rate cut from RBI.
India's largest car maker Maruti Suzuki on Saturday said its sales in October has dipped seven per cent at 64,490 units, against 69,415 units in the same month last year.
The lockout at its Manesar plant notwithstanding, the country's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India on Wednesday reported 9.2 per cent increase in sales for July at 82,234 units as against 75,300 units in the same month last year.
Maruti Suzuki India, country's largest carmaker on Thursday reported 3.7 per cent rise in total sales in September.
The company had sold 85,565 units in the same month last year.
However, the company has not provided a timeline for the launch of the small electric car.
Car maker Maruti Udyog Ltd on Thursday said it has recorded highest ever monthly domestic sales for January at 62,248 vehicles a growth of 28.3 per cent over the corresponding month last year.
Maruti Suzuki India on Wednesday reported a 42 per cent rise in consolidated net profit to Rs 2,671 crore for the fourth quarter ended March 2023, driven by higher sales, improved realisation and favourable forex movement. The country's largest carmaker logged a net profit of Rs 1,876 crore in the January-March of 2021-22. Net sales during the fourth quarter rose to Rs 32,060 crore compared to Rs 26,749 crore in the year-ago period, Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) said in a regulatory filing.
Leading car maker Maruti Suzuki India Ltd on Thursday reported a 22.37 per cent increase in domestic sales in April at 59,539 units as compared to 48,652 units in the same month last year.
Hyundai Motor India on Wednesday said its car sales grew by 21 per cent during January-June 2003 to 65,307 units, following good demand for the newly launched compact car Santro Xing.
The government's two-year-old production-linked incentive (PLI) for air conditioner (AC) components has boosted domestic production, with average value addition or localisation increasing from 25 per cent to 55 per cent now, according to the scheme's beneficiaries. Last year, 10 million ACs were manufactured and sold in India and the number is expected to reach 14 million in 2024, according to industry estimates. Domestic production is expected to hit 30 million by 2030.
Hyundai Motor India said on Friday that its car sales surged by 83 per cent in December 2003 to 12,382 units, driven by rising demand for compact car Santro and mid-size model Accent.
As the Union Budget 2025-2026 (FY26) inches closer, the Indian real estate industry is seeking stamp duty cuts, revised home loan limits and updated affordable housing norms through Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna (PMAY), single-window clearance and eco-friendly policies, among others. Industry leaders and consultancy firms, including Anarock, Raheja, Gaurs, Kanodia Group, Reach, Urban Space, Justo and Eros Group, have shared their expectations.
India's second-biggest carmaker Hyundai Motor India on Thursday said its sales went up by a massive 55 per cent to 15,259 units in November.
The government has slashed by up to 20 per cent the supplies of cheaper domestically produced natural gas to city retailers -- a move that may result in Rs 4-6 per kg hike in the price of CNG sold to automobiles, unless excise duty on the fuel is cut, sources said. Natural gas pumped from below the ground and from under the seabed from sites ranging from the Arabian Sea to Bay of Bengal within India is the raw material that is turned into CNG for sale to automobiles and piped cooking gas to households.
Postponing of plans to buy cars expecting excise duty cut in the Budget made domestic sales register almost a flat growth at 1.83% in February this year, but motorcycle sales rose by 17%.
A 40.7 per cent dip in the sales of Maruti's bread and butter model M 800 virtually offset the gains from Alto, WagonR and Zen as the carmaker posted a marginal four per cent rise in domestic sales in May 2004.
Trading sentiment in the equity market this week will be guided by global trends, foreign fund movement, macroeconomic data announcements and RBI's interest rate decision, analysts said. The monthly auto sales data announcement would also be tracked by investors this week.
Digital payment solutions provider Paypal on Friday said it will stop offering domestic payment services within India from April 1.
Domestic sales for two big Indian automakers tumbled in August on rising fuel costs and interest rates.
Car market leader Maruti Udyog on Monday reported a three per cent rise in sales in July this year at 44,753 units against 43,419 units in the same month last year, boosted by a revival in exports and healthy sales of hatchbacks.
...But sales of domestic passenger vehicles dropped 2% to 3% year-on-year in August owing to low demand.
The growing impact of inflation on car sales is clearly reflected in the dismal growth in domestic sales of the country's three leading auto-makers - Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai India and Tata Motors - which constitute more than 75 per cent of the car sales.
Hyundai Motor India said on Wednesday that its car sales has surged by 53.1 per cent in September 2003 to 17,009 units from 11,105 units a year earlier.
India's second-largest passenger vehicles firm will be valued at Rs 1.59 trillion at the top-end of the price band of Rs 1,865-Rs 1,960.
