** Shares of Hotel Leelaventure Ltd HTLE.NS rise as much
as 19.8 percent to hit upper trading circuit
** A consortium, including Thailand's Minor International
PCL MINT.BK , is considering an investment of around $350 mln
in Leelaventure, Bloomberg reported https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-11-23/thailand-s-minor-said-to-mull-350-million-deal-for-leela-chain
on Friday
** Leelaventure and Minor International were not immediately
available for comments
** Leelaventure stock records biggest intra-day pct gain
since Feb 9
** Over 2.6 mln shares changed HTLE hands, compared with
30-day avg of 285,627
** HTLE shares down 57.5 pct this year as of last close
((arnab.paul@thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net))