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Bharat Electronics and Walchandnagar Industries are up 7% each on BSE.

SI Reporter Mumbai
Last Updated : Jan 07 2015 | 1:04 PM IST
Shares of defense equipment and manufacturers have trading higher by up to 7%, recovering from their intra-day lows on the bourses.

At 1248 hours, Bharat Electronics and Walchandnagar Industries are up 7% each at Rs 3,020 and Rs 181 respectively, while BEML up 4% at Rs 786 on BSE.

Walchandnagar Industries touched high of Rs 184 during intra-day trade, rallied 11% from its early morning low of Rs 166 on BSE.

According to PTI report suggests that the government is “seriously considering” setting up of a promotional body to help domestic companies manufacturing defence products to find investors and markets.

The government is also streamlining its ‘make policy’ in order to start at least 8-10 projects every year to see that process of most of the products is indigenised, Mohan Kumar, Secretary (Defence Production).
 

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First Published: Jan 07 2015 | 1:00 PM IST

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