Siemens closed at Rs 571, down by 2.5% or Rs 14 on the BSE. The stock opened at Rs 590 and touched a high of Rs 605 and a low of Rs 565 during the day. A total of 272,659 shares were traded on the BSE as against the 2-week average of 109,271 shares.
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Siemens is going strong on the BSE after having bagged an overseas order worth Rs 403 crore. The stock is currently trading up 3.1% at Rs 604. It had opened at Rs 590 and has touched a high of Rs 605 and a low of Rs 590 in today's trade.

A consortium of Siemens and parent Siemens AG has won an export order from Ezdab Real Estate QSC, Doha in Qatar for setting up 220/66 kilovolt (KV) and three 66/11 KV substations at Ezdan international housing project in Qatar.

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The contract value for Siemens is Rs 342 crore and Siemens AG is Rs 61 crore. The project will be commissioned by January 2011.

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