RVNL Shares Jump 10% After Winning Nagpur Metro Order

The company will execute the building of six elevated metro stations in the Nagpur phase 2 metro line in 30 months.

Metro representational image. Courtesy: Envato.

Shares of Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd. jumped 10% on Wednesday after it won an order worth Rs 187.34 crore from Maharashtra Metro Rail Corp. The rail-infrastructure builder has received a letter of acceptance from the Maharashtra Metro Rail to build six elevated metro stations in the Nagpur phase 2 metro line, the company said in an exchange filing on Tuesday.

Additionally, at least 34.74 lakh shares, or 0.17% equity, changed hands in three bunched trades. The trades happened in the range of Rs 560–577.15 per share.

Rail Vikas Nigam says that it will execute the project in 30 months.

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Shares of the company jumped 10% to Rs 597.00. It was trading 9.44% higher at Rs 593.90 as of 9:40 a.m., compared to 0.07% decline in the NSE Nifty 50.

The stock gained 379.75% in last 12 months and 227.07% on year-to-date basis. The total traded volume so far in the day stood at 3.9 times its 30-day average. The relative strength index was at 83.48, which implied the stock is overbought.

All the three analysts tracking the company recommend a 'hold', according to Bloomberg data. The average 12-month consensus price target implies a downside of 39.5%

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