** Shares of India's Coromandel International CORF.NS up
as much as 2.82% at 968.85 rupees - steepest intraday climb
since May 17
** Co posts highest level since June 8
** Nearly 865,000 CORF shares change hands in two block
deals priced at 961.05 and 961.30 rupees apiece, respectively
** Shares trading above 50-day and 100-day simple moving
averages, indicating bullish trend
** More than 1.8 mln shares change hands by 12:23 P.M. IST,
3.7x 30-day avg
** Co sees busiest day since Dec. 8, 2022
** Nine out of 10 analysts rate the stock "buy" or higher, 1
suggests "hold"; median TP 1,184.5 rupees - Refinitiv IBES data
** Including session's gains, stock up ~8% YTD
(Reporting by Hritam Mukherjee in Bengaluru)
((Hritam.Mukherjee@thomsonreuters.com;))