India's Welspun Corp climbs as associate co signs contracts worth 5.25 bln rupees
** Shares of Welspun Corp WGSR.NS rise as much as 3.3%,
last up 2.8% to 650.75 rupees
** Co says its associate co signed contracts worth 5.25 bln
rupees ($62.6 million) with EPC contractors
** Steel pipes maker will report Q1 results later in the day
** Stock on track to rise in four out of five straight
sessions if trend holds
** WGSR up 18.6% YTD, rival Jindal SAW JIND.NS up 50.7%
($1 = 83.9357 Indian rupees)
(Reporting by Varun Vyas in Bengaluru)
((varunvyas.hebbalalu@thomsonreuters.com))
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