** Lodha Developers LODH.NS gains as much as 3.6% to 1,214 rupees; last up 1.7%
** Stock set for steepest intraday pct climb in more than two months
** Real estate firm's Q2 consolidated net profit soars ~87% y/y to 7.89 bln rupees (~$90 mln), led by 7% rise in pre-sales growth
** PAT margin expands to 20.4% from year-ago 15.8%
** Stock rated "buy" on avg, same as DLF DLF.NS, per data compiled by LSEG
** YTD, LODH falls 14%
($1 = 87.8950 Indian rupees)
(Reporting by Manvi Pant)
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