Indian shares up as sentiment improves across Asia

MAIN TOP 3 BY VOLUME

* Firstsource (FISO.BO) on 11.6 million shares

* Unitech (UNTE.BO) on 5.1 million shares

* Ispat Industries ISPT.BO on 4.4 million shares

STOCKS ON THE MOVE

* Pratibha Industries (PRTI.BO) rose 6.7 percent to 172.50
rupees after the construction firm said it won an order worth
5.23 billion rupees ($109.1 million) to construct a medical
college in Patna, in the eastern state of Bihar.

* Rallis India (RALL.BO) gained 7.9 percent at 795 rupees
after Tata Chemicals board approved a plan to buy up to 35.80
percent of equity shares in the company for not more than 850
rupees per share from other Tata group founders.

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[INR/]
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[O/R] * Asia stocks, Australia dollar rise after Fed
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stabilizing [.N] * For closing rates of Indian ADRs

INADR (Reporting by Pratish Narayanan;
Editing by Himani Sarkar)