** Shares of Firstsource Solutions FISO.NS fall as much as
2.7% after third straight quarterly profit fall; last down 1.8%
** Business process management services provider posts 5.5%
decline in Q4 net profit to 1.34 bln rupees ($16.1 mln)
** Co approves execution of share purchase agreement of
Quintessence Business Solutions & Services for 3.28 bln rupees
** Stock set to fall for a third straight session
** Trading vol is 1.5x the 30-day daily avg
** Avg rating of nine analysts is "buy"; median PT 225
rupees, ~9% higher than current price - LSEG data
** FISO up ~11.5% YTD after rising 80.7% in 2023
($1 = 83.3981 Indian rupees)
(Reporting by Anuran Sadhu in Bengaluru)
((Anuran.Sadhu@thomsonreuters.com ;))