Car market leader Maruti Suzuki India's shares gained on Monday after it announced a marginal fall of 0.4% in sales volume to 109,104 units in February 2014 compared with 109,567 units in February 2013.
It exported 9,346 vehicles, which was 19.5% lower compared with 11,612 units in the same month last year. Domestic sales during the month stood at 99,758 units, compared to 97,955 units in February last year, representing a gain of 1.8%.
Shares of the company are trading at Rs 1,596.75, up Rs 10.45, or 0.66% at the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) on Monday at 10:17 a.m.
The scrip has touched an intra-day high of Rs 1,616.55 and low of Rs 1,580.00. The total volume of shares traded at the BSE is 34,798. In the earlier session, the shares fell 4.54%, or Rs 75.4, at Rs 1,586.30.
Currently, the stock is trading down 14.34% from its 52-week high of Rs 1,864.00 and above 31.2% over the 52-week low of Rs 1,217.