** Shares of Oriental Hotels ORHT.NS rise as much as
5.97%, to 73.70 rupees, highest in over three weeks
** Co's consolidated third-quarter net profit more than
doubles to 149.8 mln rupees from 74 mln rupees a year earlier
** Co also reports rise in consolidated revenue and core
profit in Dec quarter, while core profit margins expanded to
30.54% from 25.9%
** Trading volume is 1.17 mln shares, as of 2:01 p.m. IST,
1.2x the 30-day avg of 941,384 shares: Refinitiv data
(Reporting by Bharath Rajeswaran in Bengaluru)
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