(Updates with milestones, other sugar stocks moves)
** Shares of Shree Renuka Sugars SRES.NS rise as much as 5.3% to 57.25
rupees, hitting their highest since Jan 5; other sugar cos rise too
** The agri-business and bio-energy co says it will buy Anamika Sugar Mills,
based in Uttar Pradesh urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nBSEz76K7
** Adds it will infuse 1.1 bln rupees ($13.23 mln) in Anamika via
subscription to equity shares
** Deal props up other sugar stocks such as Dalmia Bharat Sugar and
Industries DLMI.NS which advances about 6.5%; Triveni Industries TREI.NS
and Dhampur Sugar Mills DAMS.NS rise as much as 5.9% and 8.1% respectively
** As of YTD, stock has fallen ~3.2%
($1 = 83.1360 Indian rupees)
(Reporting by Archishma Iyer in Bengaluru)
((Archishma.Iyer@thomsonreuters.com;))