Bajaj Auto shares up nearly 2% as motorcycle sales grow 1%

Bajaj Auto reported a 2% decline in total sales in September at 3,76,765 units as against 3,84,400 in the same month last year.

Motorcycle sales during the month went up by 1% to 3,31,976 units as against 3,30,228 in September last year, the company said in a BSE filing.

Bajaj Auto's commercial vehicles sales during the month stood at 44,789 units compared with 54,172 in the year-ago period, a fall of 17 per cent.

Its exports in September this year came in at 1,21,173 units as against 1,73,801 a year before, down 30%, the company said.