JSW Infra Shares Surge Over 8% After Rs 4,119 Crore Order Win

The order entails the development of an all-weather, deepwater, greenfield port at Keni in Karnataka on a PPP basis.

(Source: JSW Infrastructure website)

Shares of JSW Infrastructure Ltd. surged over 8%, the most since listing, on Friday after it received an order from the Karnataka Maritime Board for Rs 4,119 crore.

The order entails the development of an all-weather, deepwater, greenfield port at Keni in Karnataka on a public-private partnership basis. The estimated cost of the project is Rs 4,119 crore with an initial capacity of 30 million tonne per annum, according to an exchange filing on Thursday.

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Shares of JSW Infrastructure rose as much as 8.48% during the day on the NSE to Rs 220 apiece, the highest since its listing on Oct. 3. It pared gains to trade 5.35% higher at Rs 213.65 apiece, compared to a 0.17% advance in the benchmark Nifty 50 at 10:04 a.m.

The shares have risen 35.82% since listing and is trading at 84.9% premium to its IPO price. The total traded volume so far in the day stood at 4.8 times its 30-day average. The relative strength index was at 75, implying that the stock maybe overbought.

One of the two analysts tracking JSW Infrastructure maintains a 'buy' rating on the stock, while the other recommends a 'hold', according to Bloomberg data. The average of 12-month analyst price targets implies a potential downside of 11%.

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