** Shares of India's Hindalco HALC.NS up ~1%
** Analysts expect the aluminium producer to report a 53%
jump in Q3 consol net profit to 35.73 bln rupees ($411.3 mln),
rev to rise 11%
** Results to get a boost from strong aluminium prices,
analysts say
** Peers National Aluminium Co (NALCO) NALU.NS and Vedanta
VDAN.NS have both beaten Q3 profit estimates
** Hindalco has gained ~1% YTD, while NALCO has shed ~8% and
Vedanta has slipped ~3%
($1 = 86.8620 Indian rupees)
(Reporting by Hritam Mukherjee in Bengaluru)
((Hritam.Mukherjee@thomsonreuters.com;))