** Shares of KEC International KECL.NS up 3.6% at 768.35
rupees
** KECL rose as much as 7.4% in early trade to 825 rupees
** Engineering and construction firm secures new orders
worth 10.61 bln rupees ($127.1 mln)
** "With these orders, our YTD order intake stands at 30 bln
rupees," - MD & CEO Vimal Kejriwal
** Average rating of 19 analysts covering stock is "hold";
median PT is 720 rupees - LSEG data
** Including session's gain, stock up 35.4% YTD
($1 = 83.4890 Indian rupees)
(Reporting by Navamya Ganesh Acharya in Bengaluru)
((Navamya.GaneshAcharya@thomsonreuters.com; +91 8805175330 ;))