Bajaj Auto rose 1.7% to Rs 1,570 at 10:15 IST on BSE, after the company's total vehicle sales grew 26% to Rs 3.52 lakh units in September 2010 over September 2009.
The company announced the monthly sales data during trading hours today, 4 October 2010.
Meanwhile, the BSE Sensex was up 241.05 points, or 1.18% at 20,686.09.
On BSE, 24,819 shares were traded in the counter as against an average daily volume of 73,553 shares in the past one quarter.
The stock hit a high of Rs 1589.90 so far during the day, which is a record high for the counter. The stock hit a low of Rs 1541.50 so far during the day. The stock had hit a 52-week low of Rs 684 on 29 October 2009.
The large-cap stock had underperformed the market over the past one month till 1 October 2010, rising 12.29% compared with the Sensex's return of 12.30%. It had outperformed the market in past one quarter, gaining 23.67% as against 16.77% rise in the Sensex.
The company has an equity capital of Rs 289.36 crore. Face value per share is Rs 10.
Bajaj Auto's motorcycle sales rose 26% to 3.14 lakh units and commercial vehicles sales grew 23% to 38,254 units in September 2010 over September 2009. Exports jumped 26% to 1.01 lakh units.
Bajaj Auto said the motorcycle sales in September 2010 were the highest ever-monthly sales. Within the motorcycle segment, both the Pulsar and Discover brands reported highest ever-monthly sales, it said. The company said cumulative sales of Discover 100 has exceeded 10 lakh units since its launch in July 2010.
Bajaj Auto's net profit jumped 101.1% to Rs 590.15 crore on 65.4% rise in net sales to Rs 3737.29 core in Q1 June 2010 over Q1 June 2009.
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Bajaj Auto scales all-time high on strong sales in September 2010




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