Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL), witnessed a rise in share prices on Thursday after the company has achieved a major breakthrough by bagging a prestigious contract for setting up a supercritical thermal power project on EPC (engineering, procurement & construction) basis from Gujarat State Electricity Corporation (GSECL) worth Rs 35.36 billion. The order is for setting up a 1x800 MW coal-fired supercritical thermal unit at Wanakbori in Kheda district of Gujarat. 

Shares of the company are trading at Rs 225.25, up Rs 4.55, or 2.06% at the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) on Thursday at 11:45 a.m.

The scrip has touched an intra-day high of Rs 226.25 and low of Rs 218.65. The total volume of shares traded at the BSE is 271,434.