CESC, a power utility engaged in the generation & distribution of electricity in Kolkata and Howrah, west Bengal, announced that the company has emerged as the winner of a bid floated by Jodhpur Vidyut Vitran Nigam (JdVVNL) and has been appointed by JdVVNL as the electricity distribution franchisee for the city of Bikaner in the state of Rajasthan for a term of twenty years.

Total volume of shares traded on the bourses today was lower by 46.99% to 309,456 compared with 22-day average volume of 583,810.

Shares of the company gained Rs 3, or 0.39%, to trade at Rs 774.90. The total volume of shares traded was 9,670 at the BSE (12.39 p.m., Monday).