** Shares of real estate developers Prestige Estates
Projects Ltd PREG.NS and Sunteck Realty Ltd SUNT.NS jump
more than 4% after strong second-quarter sales
** PREG reports https://bit.ly/2YCfBh6 Q2 sales of 21.12 bln
rupees ($281.11 million), up 88% y-o-y; collections jump 35% to
15.52 bln rupees
** Q2 "highest quarterly sales and collections" - PREG
** New sales backed by healthy response to recently launched
project and existing inventories across geographies - company
** PREG shares rise to their highest in nearly two weeks
** SUNT reports https://bit.ly/3DuI9Zm Q2 pre-sales of 2.72
bln rupees, up 36% y-o-y, while collections were 2.07 bln
rupees, 47% higher y-o-y
** Confident of maintaining the sturdy growth in pre-sales
on new launches and ready-to-move-in inventory - company
** SUNT hits over 2-year high, among the top performers on
the Nifty Realty index .NIFTYREAL ; stock has risen in five of
last eight sessions
** PREG has gained 81% and SUNT is up 42.8% this year as of
last close, vs a 65.97% gain in .NIFTYREAL
($1 = 75.1300 Indian rupees)
(Reporting by Rama Venkat in Bengaluru)
((ramavenkat.raman@thomsonreuters.com; https://twitter.com/ramavenkat0607;))