Aug 16 (Reuters) - ** Shares of gear manufacturing company Bharat Gears
BGRS.NS rise as much as 17.3% to 172 rupees, their highest since Feb. 9
** Co said on Tuesday it will consider issue of bonus shares at its board
meeting on Aug. 19 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN2ZS1AS
** BGRS reported a 32.7% decline in profit for June quarter as cost of
materials and components consumed jumped urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN2Z32DM
** About 775,000 shares traded by 0635 GMT, 23.4x 30-day avg of 31,320
** BGRS shares up 17.66% YTD
($1 = 79.3400 Indian rupees)
(Reporting by Navamya Ganesh Acharya)
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