New Delhi, March 19 -- Mishra Dhatu Nigam share price jumped over 7% in early trade on Wednesday ahead of the company's board meeting to consider the issue of dividend. The PSU defence stock rallied as much as 7.71% to Rs.282.80 apiece on the BSE.

The board of directors of Mishra Dhatu Nigam Ltd, the state-run defence company, will meet today, March 19, to consider an interim dividend for FY25.

"This is to inform that a Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company has been rescheduled to be held on Wednesday, the 19th March, 2025 to inter alia consider a proposal relating to declaration of Interim Dividend for FY 2024-25," Mishra Dhatu Nigam Ltd said in a regulatory filing on March 12.

Earlier, the meeting of the company's board of...