Shares of Bharat Electronics (BEL), a state-owned electronics company jumped over 2% on March 2 as company's board would meet on Mar.16, 2021 to consider and approve a second interim dividend for the financial year 2020-21.The record date for the payment of the dividend on equity shares for the financial year 2020-21, if declared, would be Wednesday, Mar. 24, 2021.

Shares of Bharat Electronics  are trading at Rs 149.40, up Rs 3.50, or 2.40%  at the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) on Tuesday at 1:34 p.m.

The scrip has touched an intra-day high of Rs 153.55 and low of Rs 146.50. The total volume of shares traded at the BSE is 1,890,044.

In the earlier session, the shares rose 6.34%, or Rs 8.7, at Rs 145.90.

Currently, the stock is trading all time 52-week high, which is above 165.78% over the  52-week low of Rs 56.10.