** Shares of Indian Hume Pipe Co Ltd IHME.NS rise as much
as 14.3% to 185.65 rupees, their highest since Sept. 22
** Stock posts biggest intraday pct gain since May 27, 2021
** The water projects construction firm said on Thursday it
got an order worth 1.94 bln Indian rupees ($23.6 mln)
** More than 747,000 shares change hands by 0433 GMT, 12.1x
30-day avg of 62,221 shares
** Stock down 16.5% so far this year up to last close
($1 = 82.2600 Indian rupees)
(Reporting by Nandan Mandayam in Bengaluru)
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