Maruti Suzuki India Ltd gains for fifth session
Maruti Suzuki India Ltd is up for a fifth straight session today. The stock is quoting at Rs 12820, up 0.56% on the day as on 12:44 IST on the NSE. The benchmark NIFTY is down around 0.08% on the day, quoting at 24792.6. The Sensex is at 81363.65, down 0.1%. Maruti Suzuki India Ltd has risen around 1.44% in last one month.
Meanwhile, Nifty Auto index of which Maruti Suzuki India Ltd is a constituent, has risen around 0.55% in last one month and is currently quoting at 23312.35, up 0.38% on the day. The volume in the stock stood at 1.64 lakh shares today, compared to the daily average of 3.02 lakh shares in last one month.
The benchmark June futures contract for the stock is quoting at Rs 12762, up 0.45% on the day. Maruti Suzuki India Ltd is up 5.52% in last one year as compared to a 5.2% spurt in NIFTY and a 7.39% spurt in the Nifty Auto index.
The PE of the stock is 28.71 based on TTM earnings ending March 25.
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