The Chennai-based company, with its prior experience in electric mobility, is developing models which it thinks would fulfil requirements of modern day customer.
The 50-share NSE Nifty breached 8100 level amid consolidation in morning trade. HDFC twins and two-wheeler stocks were under pressure while oil and PSU banks were strong.
Earlier, Pawan Munjal – Chairman and Managing Director, Hero MotoCorp had invested a small amount Gurgaon-based bike taxi aggregator – Rapido.
World's largest two-wheeler manufacturer Hero Motocorp's second quarter profit beat analysts' expectations on Wednesday, growing 27.7 percent year-on-year to Rs 1,004.2 crore, the highest ever in a quarter, on strong operational performance and volume growth.
Equity benchmarks fell further with the Sensex shedding more than 200 points on global weakness. Banking & financials drove the market lower whereas telecom and select auto stocks gained.
Two-wheeler maker Hero Motocorp is expected to continue to report strong earnings for another quarter on strong volume growth. Profit is seen rising 20 percent year-on-year to Rs 932 crore and revenue may grow 14.6 percent to Rs 7,838 crore in Q2, according to analysts polled by CNBC-TV18.
Tata Steel, Axis Bank, Wipro, Cipla and NTPC are top gainers while Lupin, ICICI Bank, Hero MotoCorp, Asian Paints and HUL are losers in the Sensex.
The rupee opened marginally higher by 7 paise at 61.84 per dollar on Tuesday as against previous day's closing value of 61.91 per dollar. The dollar index slipped below the 80 handle, while the euro dollar has spiked to 1.38 levels.
India's second largest two-wheeler maker Bajaj Auto's sales in May declined 2% year-on-year to 3,52,219 units as commercial vehicles tumbled and exports to Sri Lanka continued to be hit.
It is not been very bad third quarter performance of most of the companies announced till now. However, Reliance Industries results was very disappointing along with the dampener buyback offer.