JSW Steel rose 1.52% to Rs 691 at 12:08 IST after crude steel production rose 34% to 453,000 tonnes in October 2009 over October 2008.
The announcement was made during trading hours today, 4 November 2009.
Meanwhile, the BSE Sensex was up 317.36 points, or 2.06%, to 15722.30.
On BSE, 3.06 lakh shares were traded in the counter as against an average daily volume of 5.11 lakh shares in the past one quarter.
The stock hit a high of Rs 720 and a low of Rs 652 so far during the day. The stock had hit a 52-week high of Rs 935 on 21 October 2009 and a 52-week low of Rs 161.15 on 9 March 2009.
