RVNL, Rites, IRCTC: Rail-related stocks on fast track, can rally up to 16%

So far in 2022, Titagarh Wagons and Rail Vikas Nigam have zoomed 87 per cent and 80 per cent, respectively. Texmaco Rail and Rites too logged smart gains. IRCTC is the sole underperformer.

Shares of raliway-related stocks have witnessed a fabulous rally in recent trading sessions. Overall so far this calendar year, Titagarh Wagons and Rail Vikas Nigam were the top performers, up 87 per cent and 80 per cent, respectively. Texmaco Rail & Engineering surged 56 per cent, while Rites and Ircon International gained 43 per cent and 25 per cent, respectively.

Meanwhile, Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) was the only stock to have underperformed, down 10 per cent on a YTD basis.

The significant rally in railway stocks commenced in late August with select counters observing a