India, Sept. 24 -- The Rajkot-based peanut and sesame processor Sheetal Universal Limited has secured an export order from a buyer in the Gulf, and the consignment is due to ship within weeks. Set against what the company exported last year, it is a sizable piece of business. It also landed after a year when domestic customers, rather than overseas ones, drove most of the growth. Whether the order changes that balance, and whether it helps margins, is what the next results should show.

Shares of Sheetal Universal Ltd traded at Rs. 354.95 on Thursday, remaining flat after opening at that price. The stock touched an intraday high and low of Rs. 354.95, showing no price movement throughout the session The company commands a market capitali...