The increase in profit was achieved even after absorbing the full-year pay revision impact and as against a higher base in FY17 due to the sale of non-current investment
Shares of RITES hit a new high of Rs 284, up 7% on the BSE, extending its Friday's 19% surge, after the company said it secured the export order of $82.63 million (approx Rs 5,670 million).
The stock rallied 20% to Rs 267, surging 38% in past one week from Rs 194 on the BSE.
It had hit a high and low of Rs 205.75 and Rs 190 respectively, till now
IPOs increase the visibility of the company, investors were otherwise not looking at infrastructure companies like us, says Rajeev Mehrotra, RITES Chairman and Managing Director
Govt will announce price band in a week
The government plans to divest at least 12.72% in RITES to raise Rs 4-4.5 billion
RITES is strategically important to the railways because it has operations in 55 countries of the world
Project to cost Rs 3,298 crore