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MARUTI slid -4.4% on long buildup in futures

Strota Newsroom · session of 2026-09-01 · market close · MARUTI stock page →

Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (MARUTI) slid -4.4% to ₹12,950.00 with 4 signals firing. Here is what the exchange data shows.

Maruti Suzuki ended at ₹12,950.00 on September 1, down 4.41% on the day — its weakest session in the recent run — after a near-flat gap of -0.05% from the previous close of ₹13,547.00. The stock slid to a day's low of ₹12,851.00 and a high of ₹13,540.00, closing on its lows after a broad sell-off.

Strota reads the F&O footprint as a long buildup: open interest rose 4.43% while the futures price rose 0.33%, fresh bullish positions even as the cash market tumbled. Live signals showed a volume spike of about 18.1 times the norm, the price 0.66% below VWAP, and the stock at its day's low — a heavy, one-sided down day against a long-buildup backdrop.

There were no institutional bulk or block deals in the past 30 days and no insider filings in the past 60 days, so the fall was not flagged as driven by a named large transaction.

Technically the stock is below both its 50-day and 200-day averages, with a 14-day RSI of 30.4 — near oversold — and relative volume of 3.15. It sits 25.45% below its 52-week high and just 6.14% above its 52-week low. Over the past week it is down about 5.32% and over the past month about 8.48%, a clear loss of momentum.

Headlines pointed to a sales-data disappointment. NDTV Profit asked why the share was falling over 4% after August sales data, and MarketWatch described the stock underperforming the market. On the fundamental side, Business Standard reported the company raised its FY27-31 capex target to ₹77,500 crore for expansion and R&D, and scanx.trade noted a ₹140 dividend with record revenue in its FY26 results.

The data establishes a steep down day for Maruti on very heavy volume and a near-oversold RSI, but no single confirmed catalyst; the August sales-data angle from the headlines is the most concrete item, set against a stock that has lost ground sharply over the past month. The level to watch is ₹12,851.00, with ₹13,547.00 the recovery mark.

The numbers

Signals that fired

F&O positioning

Futures classified as Long Buildup — open interest +4.4% with price +0.3% in the latest bhavcopy.

Technical context

Volume ran at 3.1× its 20-day average; rsi(14) sits at 30; price is 25.4% from the 52-week high.

Recent headlines

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How this article was made: Strota assembled the exchange data above (prices, F&O open interest, bulk/block deals, SEBI PIT filings, indicator readings and public headlines) and an AI model wrote the narrative strictly from that evidence — it is not permitted to add outside facts or numbers. Every figure comes from the underlying exchange/public data.