** Shakti Pumps (India) SHPU.NS slips as much as 13.8% to 552.1 rupees
** Co reports 70% y/y decline in Q3 consol profit; Q3 EBITDA margin at 10.7% vs year-ago 23.8%
** Says pressure on margins on account of lower realisation, increase in raw material prices, high employee costs, driven by one-time cost impact arising from implementation of new labour code
** More than 1.4 mln shares traded vs 30-day moving avg of ~1.2 mln
** SHPU last down 8.8%, taking YTD losses to 11.6%
($1 = 90.6590 Indian rupees)
(Reporting by Meenakshi Maidas in Bengaluru)
((meenakshi.maidas@thomsonreuters.com;))