** Shares of Axita Cotton AXIA.NS rise as much as 4.8% to
29.8 rupees
** The textile co on Wednesday said it secured new sales
order worth 892.2 mln rupees ($10.72 million) for supply of
cotton bales
** Stock set to rise for a fifth straight session after co
on Nov. 16 said it will consider bonus issue of shares on Nov.
23
** Trading vol is 3.3x the 30-day daily avg, tops 3 mln for
the third straight session
** AXIA up 3.5% as of 13:42 p.m. IST, trimming YTD losses to
~41%
($1 = 83.2440 Indian rupees)
(Reporting by Anuran Sadhu in Bengaluru)
((Anuran.Sadhu@thomsonreuters.com ;))