Shares of railway stocks, including IRCTC, Ircon, Titagarh Rail Systems, RVNL, IRFC, among others rallied up to 4% on Thursday after the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved five railway multitracking projects worth around Rs 10,021 crore across Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Telangana.
In today's session, Titagarh gained 2% to Rs 894, while Ircon International gained over 3.6% to trade at Rs 119 per share. IRCTC was up over a percent, while RVNL gained 2% to Rs 211 per share. IRFC shares also traded over a percent higher on Thursday.