Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.

Maruti Suzuki India is currently trading at Rs. 1365.75, up by 62.05 points or 4.76% from its previous closing of Rs. 1303.70 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs. 1304.00 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 1375.00 and Rs. 1280.00 respectively. So far 1, 38,000 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs. 5 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 1375.00 on 03-Mar-2011 and a 52 week low of Rs. 905.55 on 19-Dec-2011.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 1375.00 and Rs. 1216.35 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 39,457 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 54.21% while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 36.73% and 9.06% respectively.

Maruti Suzuki (India), country’s largest car maker has sold a total of 115433 vehicles in the month of January 2012, up by 5.2% as compared to 109743 vehicles in January 2011. This includes 14,386 units of exports during the month, registering 54.3% increase.

The sales in A-Passenger Vehicles segment increased by 2.4% to 88377 units and the sales in C-segment registered a fall of 10.8% while, the sales in B-segment climbed by 20.3%.

The company has posted a sharp fall of 63.62% in its net profit after tax of Rs 205.62 crore for the quarter ended December 31, 2011 as compared to Rs 565.17 crore for the same quarter in the previous year. Total income has decreased by 19.67% from Rs 9624.64 crore for Q3FY11 to Rs 8042.77 crore in the quarter under review.