** Shares of Solar Industries SLIN.NS rise as much as
2.19% to 3,839.95 rupees
** Co signs a contract for supply of "loitering munition"
with Ministry of Defence
** Contract value is 2.12 bln rupees ($25.8 million), and
the delivery is pegged at 1 year
** Trading volume is ~27,000 shares as of 3:21 p.m. IST,
0.6x the 30-day avg
** Average rating of analysts at equivalent of 'buy' with
median PT of 4,277 rupees - Refinitiv data
($1 = 82.0950 Indian rupees)
(Reporting by Bharath Rajeswaran in Bengaluru)
((bharath.rajeswaran@thomsonreuters.com; +91 9769003463))