** Shares of RITES Ltd RITS.NS rise as much as 7% to 270 rupees
** Engineering co gets letter of award from South Africa's Talis Logistics for supply and commission of locomotives for $18 mln
** Stock on track to snap 4 sessions of losses
** More than 25.9 mln shares traded as of 11:40 a.m. IST, 37.5x their 30-day moving avg; busiest day yet since July 2
** Mean rating of stock is "buy"; their median PT is 281 rupees - data compiled by LSEG
** RITS last up 1.4%, trimming YTD losses to 13.5%
(Reporting by Meenakshi Maidas in Bengaluru)
((meenakshi.maidas@thomsonreuters.com;))