** Shares of Hi-Tech Pipes HITC.NS rise as much as 6.05%,
the biggest intraday gain in over a month, to 959 rupees
** The steel processing company reported an uptick in Q3
consolidated net profit, revenue and core profit on Saturday
** Improved capacity utilisation, sales realisation and
increase in share of value added products aided the earnings, co
says
** About 136,683 shares change hands as of 2:37 p.m. IST,
0.9x of the 30-day avg of 149,927 shares
(Reporting by Bharath Rajeswaran in Bengaluru)
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