India's MMTC, State Trading rise on report of potential merger

State Trading of India

26/03/2018 05:46

** MMTC Ltd shares  MMTC.NS  climb as much as 10 pct to 60
rupees; State Trading Corp of India Ltd shares  STCI.NS  rise as
much as 5 pct to 142.85 rupees 
    ** Commerce and industry minister Suresh Prabhu says merger
of state-run commodity trading firms MMTC, STCI https://www.livemint.com/Companies/a6VPmSdSApXTZUfbHcekFJ/STC-MMTC-merger-on-cards-says-Suresh-Prabhu.html
 on the cards and the matter is under process - local daily Mint
reports, citing PTI
    ** MMTC, STCI were not immediately available for comment
    ** More than STCI 89,000 shares traded, 1.4 times their
30-day moving avg
    ** Up to Friday's close, STCI stock had fallen 28 pct this
year, while MMTC stock lost 25.6 pct 

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