** Shares of water treatment company Ion Exchange (India)
IONX.NS up 4% at 530.6 rupees
** Co won contract worth 1.52 billion rupees ($18.3 million)
from Material Construction Trading FZCO, UAE
** Contract for desalinated water unit for a project in
North Africa, co added
** More than 626,000 shares changed hands by 1:31 p.m. IST,
2x 30-day avg
** Stock down 6.4% so far this year after 104% surge in
CY2023
($1 = 82.9774 Indian rupees)
(Reporting by Hritam Mukherjee in Bengaluru)
((Hritam.Mukherjee@thomsonreuters.com;))