** Shares of Max Healthcare Institute MAXE.NS fall as much
as 8.9% to 776.15 rupees
** Stock records biggest intraday fall since early Feb 2021
** Reuters could not immediately verify a reason for the
stock move
** MAXE last down 6.9% on the day, set for slowest monthly
rise since Oct 2023
** Analysts' avg rating on MAXE, peers Apollo Hospitals
APLH.NS and Fortis Healthcare FOHE.NS at "buy" - LSEG data
** MAXE's has a 12-mth forward P/E of 55, while APLH has
62.7 and FOHE 42.1 - LSEG
** MAXE's 56% rise in 2023 higher than APLH's ~27% and
FOHE's 46.5%
(Reporting by Kashish Tandon in Bengaluru)
((kashish.tandon@thomsonreuters.com))