** Tube Investments of India's stock TBEI.NS shrugs off a
weak open to rise as much as 5.5% to 2,870 rupees
** Stock's rally takes it to within a whisker of record high
hit on Oct. 19 and puts it top of Nifty auto index .NIFTYAUTO ,
which is up 1.1% while the broader market .NSEI is down 0.17%
** No apparent news on the metal products maker, which is to
report results in early November
** Stock has traded above its 50-, 100- and 200-day moving
avgs since June 28
** Over 700,000 TBIE shares traded by 0849 GMT, 1.8x their
30-day moving avg
** 3 of 5 brokerages rate TBIE "buy" or higher, 1 "hold" and
1 "sell"; their median PT is 2,628 rupees- Refinitiv data
** Stock last up 3.5%, taking YTD gains to ~60% vs a ~18%
rise in the Nifty auto index
(Reporting by Yagnoseni Das in Bengaluru)
((yagnoseni.das@thomsonreuters.com;Mobile: +91 6001289066))