India's ONGC gains after Morgan Stanley sets Street-high price target
** Shares of Oil & Natural Gas Corp ONGC.NS rose about 2.1% to 329.2 rupees apiece
** Stock among the top five percentage gainers in Nifty 50 index .NSEI, which is up about 1%
** Morgan Stanley reiterates "overweight" on ONGC and sets a Street-high price target of 430 rupees per share, an implied upside of 31% over last close
** "Improving incremental return on capital, better performing downstream units in refining and chemicals and recovering cash flows in international assets to power $12 billion value creation for ONGC," says Morgan Stanley
** Adds, lack of fuel subsidies and best ever gas ASPs (alkaline surfactant polymer, a technique used to enhance oil recovery in mature fields) could drive earnings momentum
** Morgan Stanley has ONGC as the top pick among Indian oil and gas companies
** ONGC has gained 61% in 2024 so far, compared with 12% rise for benchmark Nifty 50 index .NSEI - exchange data
Reporting by Bharath Rajeswaran in Bengaluru
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