Petron Engineering Construction Ltd surges as much as 18.9 pct to highest since Nov 10, 2016.

Company gets work order worth 1.10 bln rupees ($17.2 mln) from Guruashish Construction Pvt Ltd, according to an exchange filing on Wednesday.

More than 340,000 shares change hands, 22 times their 30-day moving avg.

Stock had risen 4.3 pct this year up to Wednesday's close.

($1 = 64.0800 Indian rupees)

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