Updates
** Shares of Apollo Hospitals Enterprise APLH.NS rise 5.3% to 7,604 rupees, set to gain for seventh straight session
** Hospital chain operator's Q3 consol net profit jumps 35% Y/Y to 5.02 bln rupees ($55.4 mln) and revenue rises 17% Y/Y to 64.77 bln rupees, both surpassing estimates
** J.P. Morgan says healthy revenue growth in hospitals with 70 bps Y/Y expansion in EBITDA margins and lower-than-estimated cash losses from the digital health business among key positives
** Citi says over 12% Y/Y reduction in costs at its 24/7 business led to a 210 bps margin expansion in HealthCo segment
** Trading vols 1.5x the 30-day average at 618,768 shares so far
** APLH fell 3.5% in 2025 vs 10.5% gain in Nifty 50 index .NSEI
($1 = 90.5800 Indian rupees)
(Reporting by Vijay Malkar)
((VijayDattaram.Malkar@thomsonreuters.com;))