** Shares of PNC Infratech PNCI.NS rise as much as 4.40%,
biggest intraday percentage gain in a month, to 342.90 rupees
apiece
** Infrastructure company accepts 2.55 billion rupees
($30.58 million) offered by National Highways Authority of India
(NHAI) towards dispute settlement on Dec. 13
** Trading volume is 665,827 shares as of 3:16 p.m. IST, 1.4
times the 30-day avg - LSEG data
** The mean rating of 16 analysts tracking PNCI is 1.4,
which implies "buy"; median PT is 432 rupees
** Including today's gains, PNCI shares up 17.5% in 2023 so
far
($1 = 83.4000 Indian rupees)
(Reporting by Bharath Rajeswaran in Bengaluru)
((bharath.rajeswaran@thomsonreuters.com; +91 9769003463;))