** Shares of Bank of India BOI.NS up 2%
** Stock hit intraday high of 3% earlier in the session
** State-owned lender says provisional global total deposits
as of Dec. 31 up 8.66% Y/Y; global gross advances up 11.49% Y/Y
** BOI's intraday high best since Dec. 11, when shares rose
more than 4% on its 45 bln rupees Qualified Institutional
Placement (QIP) issue being oversubscribed by 4.11 times
** Stock trading above its 50-, 100-, and 200-day moving
averages since Dec 2023
** About 7 mln shares traded as of 9:45 a.m. IST, less than
a quarter of 30-day avg of 29.3 mln shares
** Stock gained about 28% in 2023, posting a third straight
year of gains vs a 32% rise in Nifty public sector banks index
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(Reporting by Dimpal Gulwani in Bengaluru)
((dimpal.gulwani@thomsonreuters.com))