** Shares of Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders MAZG.NS settle 3.4%
higher at 4,998.50 rupees
** Shipbuilding co's Q1 consol profit more than doubles to
6.96 bln rupees ($82.92 million), as raw material costs dip 23%
** MAZG stock has more than doubled in 2024, but trails
other major shipbuilders
** MAZG is up 118% YTD vs a 226% rise in Cochin Shipyard
COCH.NS and a 125% increase in Garden Reach Shipbuilders
GRSE.NS
($1 = 83.9370 Indian rupees)
(Reporitng by Nishit Navin)
((nishit.navin@thomsonreuters.com;))