** Shares of Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) Ltd TTML.NS
rise as much as 19.05% to 3.75 rupees, their biggest percentage
gain since Dec. 2018
** The telecommunication services provider posts a profit of
5.80 bln rupees ($83.16 mln) compared to a loss of 6.8 bln
rupees last year urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN23503J
** Co reports an exceptional gain of 5.10 bln rupees
** The firm also approves raising of additional funds by
issue of securities/instruments urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN235099
** About 2.5 million shares change hands in early trade,
compared with the 30-day average of around 773,514 shares
** As of Wednesday's close, the stock has fallen 21.2% so
far this year
($1 = 69.7450 Indian rupees)
(Reporting by Harish Bhaskar in Bengaluru)
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Messaging: harish.bhaskar.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net))