TVS said its total vehicle sales rose to 227,653 units last month versus 225,064 units in August 2014. Within this segment, bike sales rose 6 percent to 87,044 units and exports surged 21 percent to 42,570 unit over the two comparative months.
As a consequence, TVS Motors jumped 7.65 rupees, or 3.7 percent, to 213.75 rupees on the National Stock Exchange with 6.06 lakh shares traded compared with a 5-day average of 11.12 lakh shares. Open Interest rose 2.7 percent over Tuesday.
TVS' market capitalisation gained 9 percent in the past one year to 10,400 crore rupees and the stock is trading at 6 times its book value of 36.5 rupees.
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