** Shares of HighCom rise as much as 25.8% to A$1.195, their biggest intraday pct gain since Aug 12

** The defence firm says it received new order of ballistic products for an international customer worth A$4.8 mln ($3.05 mln)

** Adds it expects revenue at end of H1 FY25 at the upper-end of outlook of between A$23 mln and A$25 mln

** Stock at highest level since Nov 1

** HCL stock down 52.6% YTD, as of 1140 GMT

($1 = 1.5716 Australian dollars)

(Reporting by Adwitiya Srivastava in Bengaluru)

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