Hindustan Dorr Oliver shares rose 5 per cent to close the day at Rs 137.6 on bagging Rs 130 crore-Balco order. The work includes designing, engineering, procurement, manufacturing, supply, civil works and commissioning of a fume-treatment plant for the smelter expansion project at Korba.

Hind Dorr up on new order

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Gitanjali Gems shares rose 6.8 per cent to close the day at Rs 128.55 on acquisition of Alliance. The company acquired 100 per cent stake in Alliance Jewellers through its wholly-owned subsidiary Brightest Circle Jewellery. Alliance is engaged in the business of gold and diamond manufacturing.

Gitanjali Gems rises 6.8%

The Godrej Industries scrip surged 6.42 per cent to Rs 200.60 on property development plan. The company&rsquo;s board will enter into agreements with two group firms &mdash; Godrej &amp; Boyce Manufacturing and Godrej Properties &mdash; for developing property in the city suburbs at Vikhroli in Mumbai.

Godrej Industries surges 6.4%

Edserv Softsystems shares surged 5 per cent today to close the day at Rs 166.70 on bagging contract worth Rs 100 crore. The company has been awarded the order from Apex Hitech Institute, part of Ministry of Labour and Employment, to provide training to unemployed youth across India.

Edserv up 5% on new order

The Bajaj Electricals scrip rose 10.3 per cent to Rs 712 on stock-split plans. The Board would meet on October 12 to consider the proposal for sub-division of shares into smaller denomination and qualified institutional placement of equity shares.

Bajaj Electricity rises 10%

Marico shares rose 3.78 per cent to close the day at Rs 101.65 on hopes of robust sales and earnings in the July-September quarter due to higher volumes and lower raw material costs.

Marico rises 3.8%

The Subex scrip rose 5 per cent to Rs 89.25 after the Reserve Bank of India allowed the company to proceed with a proposed restructuring of unsecured foreign currency convertible bonds by way of an exchange offer.

Subex up 5%

The Wipro scrip rose two per cent amid falling market to Rs 604.15 after the net profit of the company rose 19 per cent to Rs 1,162 crore in the second quarter of the current financial year, as compared to the same quarter a year ago.

Wipro rises 2%

The stock gained 11 per cent to Rs 79.85 after the company reported a healthy growth in net profit for the quarter ended September, 2009. The net profit rose almost four times to Rs 41.35 crore from Rs 11.51 crore in the same quarter a year ago.

Hexaware up 11%

The stock gained 6.3 per cent to close the day at Rs 211.35, after the company&rsquo;s net profit surged 58 per cent on year to Rs 192 crore for the September quarter, driven by improved realisation.

Mcleod up 6.3%

Supreme Infrastructure hit the 10 per cent upper circuit to Rs 96.3 on bagging orders worth Rs 236 crore. The company has bagged orders from Ramprashta Promoters &amp; Developers to construct multi-storied towers in Gurgaon.

Supreme Infra up 10%

The Cairn India scrip closed 2.02 per cent up at Rs 265.2 on start of oil production from the Rajasthan block. Cairn on Saturday started crude oil production from Mangala field.

Cairn India rises 2 per cent

Maruti Suzuki shares surged 7.61 per cent on the company posting a nearly 42 per cent jump in its August sales. The stock opened at Rs 1,448 and closed at Rs 1,545.95 after the company reported sales of nearly 85, 000 vehicles in August, registering a growth of 41.6 per cent over the sales in the corresponding month last year.

Maruti surges on good sales

The HPCL scrip rose 2.05 per cent to Rs 361.4 on Tuesday due to a 4 per cent fall in crude oil prices on the New York Merchantile Exchange on Monday. The shares of BPCL and IOC also rose on the back of this news.

HPCL scrip up 2% on oil price fall

Oracle Financial Services Software shares surged 5.21 per cent to close at Rs 1,842.40 on launch of a new product titled Oracle Mantas for financial crime management.

Oracle up 5.2% on product launch

BalaJi Telefilms scrip rose 9.49 per cent to close at Rs 66.35 on announcement of cancellation of the sales tax notice issued against the company.

Balaji Telefilms rises 9.5 per cent

Seamec shares surged 5 per cent to close at Rs 182.7 from its opening at Rs 176.10 during the day. Trading volumes stood at 22,591 shares.

Seamec Ltd rises 5 per cent

Moser Baer India scrip rose 2.9 per cent to close at Rs 90.65 after the company announced that it would develop a one mega watt solar farm project in Maharashtra. The company has been awarded the EPC contract by Mahagenco.

Moser Baer up 3% on new project

The Sadbhav Engineering stock rose 5.68 per cent to close at Rs 805 after the company announced that it has increased its stake from 51 per cent to 90 per cent in one of its BOT project in Maharashtra. The stock witnessed trading volumes of 1,181 shares with delivery volumes of 72 per cent at the BSE.

Sadbhav Engineering rises 5.68%

KNR Construction hit the upper circuit of 5 per cent at Rs 105.65 after the company announced that it had won a Rs 231.28 crore order from the NHAI. The company has been given the task of widening lanes and strengthening the existing two-lane carriageway of NH-5 in Orissa.

KNR Construction up on NHAI order

Shares of Sterlite Industries, India&rsquo;s largest producer of copper, shot up 4.78 per cent to close at Rs 740. A weaker dollar and strong equity markets pushed up three-month copper on the LME by $71 to $6,395 a tonne.

Sterlite up 4.8% on high copper prices

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