** Shares of Mahanagar Gas MGAS.NS rise as much as 6.8% to
1,055 rupees
** Co reported more than two-fold PAT rise to 3.39 bln
rupees ($40.72 million)from 1.64 bln rupees year ago
** Revenue from operations rose to 17.29 bln rupees from
17.18 bln rupees
** Total volume for the qtr was at 3.575 million metric
standard cubic meters per day, up 4.77% QoQ
** More than 1.4 mln shares traded as of 11:37 a.m. IST, 1.9
times their 30-day moving avg
** Stock currently up 3%, pushing YTD gains to 21.5%
($1 = 83.2470 Indian rupees)
(Reporting by Navamya Ganesh Acharya in Bengaluru)
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