Coal India shares rose on Wednesday after the state-run miner reported a 5.5% YoY rise in August coal supplies. Strong April-August volumes, lower pithead inventories and improving e-auction premiums lifted sentiment. Nuvama upgraded the stock to Hold and raised its target price to Rs 454, citing recovery potential.

Coal India production fell 5.7% in August, while supplies rose 5.5%, impacting electricity generation in India.

Coal India's supplies increased by 5.5 percent to 60.60 million tonnes in August. Non-regulated sector supplies saw robust growth of 9.6 percent during the same period. Total…

Coal India's August production saw a 5.7 percent decrease compared to last year. However, the company's coal offtake rose by 5.5 percent during the same period. Cumulative…