Maruti Suzuki, India's largest car maker, has reported a 26% surge in the total sale of its passenger vehicles, the company said in a statement released on Friday.

The company's shares closed 3.01% up, at Rs 8,792 per share.

The company sold a total of 1,72,512 units in the month of May 2018, which includes 1,63,200 units sold in the Indian market and 9,312 units were exported.

In the passenger cars segment, which includes like WagonR, Swift, Celerio, Dzire, the company reported a surge of 25.4% at 1,19,151 units sold in May 2018.

The domestic passenger vehicles sales showed an uptick of 24% at 1,61,717 units sold in May 2018, compared to the same period last year.

First Published:Jun 1, 2018 1:17 PM IST