** Shares of real estate firm Macrotech Developers MACE.NS
rise as much as 9.3% to record high of 1,198.90 rupees
** Co says it achieved best ever Q3 pre-sales of 34.1 bln
rupees ($409.76 mln), up ~12% Y/Y
** For first 3 qtrs of FY24, pre-sales amounted to 103 bln
rupees, co says on track to achieve FY24 pre-sales forecast
** Stock third-biggest gainer on Nifty realty index
.NIFTYREAL
** Stock on track to gain for fourth straight week
** More than 2.3 mln shares traded so far vs 3.3 mln shares
traded on Thursday
** Mean rating of analysts rating the stock is "buy"; median
PT is 842.50 rupees, 42.3% lower than current record high - LSEG
data
** MACE last up 3.2%, adding to weekly gains of ~10.5% so
far, vs 9.3% rise in .NIFTYREAL
($1 = 83.2200 Indian rupees)
(Reporting by Meenakshi Maidas in Bengaluru)
((meenakshi.maidas@thomsonreuters.com;))