** Indian aerospace and defence manufacturing supplier
Apollo Micro Systems APLL.NS up 2.1% at 131.16 rupees after
robust Q3 results
** Shares were up as much as 7.4% in pre-open trade
** Co, which counts the Indian defence ministry as a
customer, reports 83.1% y/y increase in Q3 profit after tax
** APLL a beneficiary of Indian govt increasing defence
spending to improve share of fleet produced in India
** Co's Q3 rev from operations up 62.5% y/y
** Shares have gained ~4% in the last 12 months
(Reporting by Ananta Agarwal in Bengaluru)
((Ananta.Agarwal@thomsonreuters.com))