** Shares of battery maker Eveready Industries India
ERDY.NS up 2.5% at 366.05 rupees
** ERDY posts March-qtr consolidated profit of 80.5 mln
rupees ($965,025.32) vs loss of 143.9 mln rupees year ago
** Stock trading above its 50-,100-, 200-day moving avgs
** Analysts, on avg, rate ERDY "strong buy"; rivals Amara
Raja Energy & Mobility AMAR.NS and Exide Industries EXID.NS
have "hold" rating - LSEG
** As of YTD, ERDY up 3.7%, AMAR 35% higher, EXID has risen
45%
($1 = 83.4175 Indian rupees)
(Reporting by Rama Venkat in Bengaluru)
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