** Shares of Rail Vikas Nigam RAIV.NS rise 7.3% to 358
rupees
** Stock among top gainers in Nifty midcaps .NIFMDCP100 ,
which is up 1.3%
** Rail Infrastructure Development co awards contract for
nine Bengaluru Suburban Rail Project stations to RAIV
** Adds, cost of work at 5.54 bln rupees ($63.7 mln)
** Stock on track to snap three-day losing streak
** RAIV down ~21% so far this year vs midcaps' 11.8% fall
($1 = 86.9090 Indian rupees)
(Reporting by Yagnoseni Das in Bengaluru)
((Yagnoseni.Das@thomsonreuters.com;))