** MRF MRF.NS , Apollo Tyres APLO.NS , Ceat CEAT.NS , JK
Tyre JKIN.NS gain between 1.8%-8.5%
** CNBC-TV18 reports the Indian tyre makers have announced
price hikes
** Ceat among top gainers in Nifty small-cap .NIFSMCP100
index, which is up 0.5%
** Apollo Tyres among top gainers in mid-cap index
.NIFMDCP100 , up 0.5%
** APLO, JKIN top gainers among tyre stocks YTD, rising
14.3% and 13.3%, respectively
(Reporting by Sethuraman NR in Bengaluru)
((Sethuraman.NR@thomsonreuters.com; (+91 9945291420); Reuters
Messaging: nallur.sethuraman.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net))