Maruti Suzuki, Bajaj Auto, other auto stocks jump up to 5% after strong April sales

Shares of automakers, including Maruti Suzuki, Bajaj Auto, and others, jumped up to 5% on Monday after the companies released sales data for the month of April, boosting investor sentiment.

As May begins, so does auto sales data. Strong sales data by heavyweight Maruti Suzuki and others pushed the Nifty Auto index over 1% higher to 26,193 today.

Maruti Suzuki April sales

Maruti Suzuki shares jumped nearly 5% to trade at Rs 13,976 apiece on Monday. This comes after India’s largest automaker kicked off the new financial year 2027 with its largest-ever monthly sales of nearly 2.4 lakh units in April. This marks a jump of more than 33% from the 1.8 lakh sales recorded in April last year.


Domestic sales climbed to a record 1,91,122 units, compared with 1,42,053 units in April last year, surpassing the company's previous domestic sales peak of 1,82,165 units recorded in December 2025. “We are starting this year with a big bang. Small cars have contributed significantly to this growth,” the company's Senior Executive Officer (Marketing & Sales) Partho Banerjee told PTI.

Bajaj Auto April sales

Bajaj Auto shares jumped nearly 5% to trade at Rs 10,477.5 apiece on NSE. The bike-maker saw its total sales jump 40% to nearly 5.14 lakh units in April this year from 3.66 lakh units in the year-ago period, led by an 83% YoY surge in exports.

Domestic sales grew 13% YoY to 2.48 lakh units. Two-wheeler sales grew 38% YoY while commercial vehicle sales rose 54% YoY.

Eicher Motors April sales

Royal Enfield-maker Eicher Motors saw its share price rise around 3% to Rs 7,310 apiece. The sales of Royal Enfield grew 31% YoY to 1.13 lakh units in April, while domestic sales rose 37% to 1.04 lakh units. However, exports were down 14% at 9,035 units last month as compared to 10,557 units in April 2025.

Mahindra & Mahindra April sales

Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) reported a 14% YoY growth in total vehicle sales to 94,627 units in April. Domestic passenger vehicle sales meanwhile rose 8% YoY to 56,331 units. Commercial vehicle sales in the domestic market stood at 23,427 units last month, it added.

The shares of the Thar-maker jumped more than 2% to Rs 3,172 apiece on NSE on Monday.

Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles sales

Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles shares gained over 1% to trade at Rs 345.90 apiece on NSE. Its domestic passenger vehicle sales stood at 59,000 units in April 2026, up 30.5% from 45,199 units in the year-ago period. The company also reported a 31% year-on-year growth in total passenger vehicle sales to 59,701 units last month.

TVS Motor and Hero MotoCorp shares were trading in the green with marginal gains.
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