** Shares of the railway wagon manufacturer Titagarh Wagons
TITW.NS rose as much as 2.60% on Tuesday; on track for second
straight session of gains
** Domestic brokerage ICICI Securities says TITW
benefitting from favourable demand environment aided by
increased budgetary allocation for railways
** Co plans to expand annual wagon and coach manufacturing
capacities, analysts at ICICI Securities say after visiting co's
manufacturing facilities
** Co has planned total capex of 5 billion rupees ($60.95
million) across the business
** Co, in consortium with Ramkrishna Forgings, recently
bagged order to supply 1.54 mln forged wheels to railways at 112
bln rupees over a period of 20 years
** Recent uptick in share prices aided by robust order
inflows - ICICI Securities
** TTIW has risen 29.2% YTD as of last close after a near
150% surge in 2022
($1 = 82.0350 Indian rupees)
(Reporting by Nishit Navin in Bengaluru)
((Nishit.Navin@thomsonreuters.com ;))