Shares of HPL Electric were locked at the 5-per cent upper circuit at Rs 216 apiece on the BSE on Tuesday as the company bagged order worth Rs 417 crore from West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company. At 1:30 PM, the S&P BSE Sensex was little changed at 65,915 levels.
Over the past three months, shares of the consumer electricals company have more-than-doulbed, soaring 124 per cent, on the BSE. By comparison, the benchmark BSE Sensex index has advanced 6.7 per cent.
