** Shares of Sonata Software SOFT.NS rises as much as
2.52% to 855.60, a record high
** IT services provider has been chosen as one of the top
system integration partners of global pharma and biotech firm
Bayer's cloud solution for agri-food industry
** Solution to benefit farmers seeking to track carbon
emission and capture, track disease, pest and weed pressure,
precision inputs, crop growth, rainfall data: SOFT.
** Solution to connect agricultural data and services and
drive traceability along the whole food production value chain,
says SOFT
** Trading volume above 1.25 mln shares as of 1:13 p.m. IST,
nearly twice the 30-day avg of 738,827 shares - Refinitiv data
** Of the six analysts tracking SOFT, five maintain "buy"
and one suggests "hold"; median TP is 775 rupees - Refinitiv
data
(Reporting by Bharath Rajeswaran in Bengaluru)
((bharath.rajeswaran@thomsonreuters.com; +91 9769003463))