** Shares of Indian generic drugmaker Laurus Labs Ltd
LAUL.NS gain as much as 2.5% to 525 rupees, their highest
since Sept. 23
** Nifty pharma index .NIPHARM up 0.9%
** More than 843,000 shares traded as of 0949 GMT, vs 30-day
avg of more than 1 mln shares
** Seven of 11 brokerages rate the stock "buy" or higher, 1
"hold" and 3 "sell" or lower; their median PT is 550 rupees -
Refinitiv data
** Shares down 4.9% YTD, as of last close
(Reporting by Meenakshi Maidas in Bengaluru)
((meenakshi.maidas@thomsonreuters.com;))