** Shares of NBCC (India) Ltd NBCC.NS and Housing and
Urban Development Corporation HUDC.NS rise as much as 5% and
5.9%, respectively
** NBCC signs memorandum of understanding with HUDCO for
development of a 10-acre institutional plot at tentative cost of
6 bln rupees ($71 mln)
** NBCC stock on track to snap 2 months of losses; HUDC on
track to snap 3 months of losses
** More than 3.7 mln shares of HUDCO traded as of 9:31 a.m.
IST, vs their 30-day moving avg of over 4.5 mln shares
** Over 5.1 mln shares of NBCC traded in the same time, more
than half of its 30-day avg
** NBCC gained 84.1% YTD so far, including today's gains,
while HUDC climbed 83.2% YTD
($1 = 84.4580 Indian rupees)
(Reporting by Meenakshi Maidas in Bengaluru)
((meenakshi.maidas@thomsonreuters.com;))