Engineering firm KEC International's shares hit a 52-week high of INR586 ($7.95), surging over 6% after it was awarded a $186m order across its various divisions, including railways, civil and transmission and distribution. The railways business secured orders for signalling and telecommunication systems for an automatic block signalling (ABS) system, and 2 x 25 kV overhead electrification. The civil business won orders for residential and commercial building segments in India, while its SAE Towers subsidiary secured supply deals in the Americas.
