Jay Bharat Maruti Limited in collaboration with Maruti Suzuki India Limited (MSIL), is the leading manufacturer of key auto components and assemblies such as exhaust systems, fuel fillers (fuel pipe), and suspension parts for passenger cars. Their manufacturing plants are located in Gurgaon, Bawal, Manesar (Haryana) and Gujarat.

Maruti Suzuki India's shares have seen strong purchasing activity as they have increased by more than 18 per cent in the last year. On other hand, the shares of Mahindra & Mahindra Limited have zoomed by more than 25 per cent in span of one year. Interestingly, the shares of Hindustan Motors have dipped more than 13 per cent in past one year. Hence, we can conclude that the shares of Maruti Suzuki India have shown moderate performance in past 1 year.

Nifty auto index is considered one of the major sectoral indices on NSE. The Index is primarily used to gauge the performance in the automobile sector in India.   

Like NIFTY 50 Index, the NIFTY Auto Index is also calculated using the free float market capitalization method. The index level reflects the total free float market value of all stocks in the index relative to a particular base market capitalization value.