** Shares of Shriram Properties Ltd SRIP.NS rise as much
as 5.9% to 78.45 rupees, their biggest pct gain since Nov 14
** The real estate development firm said on Friday it bought
privately-held Suvilas Realities via its unit, Shriprop Builders
for 300 million rupees ($3.67 million)
** About 629,000 shares change hands by 0945 GMT vs 30-day
avg of 2,88,659 shares
** Stock down 13.9% so far this year, as of last close
($1 = 81.6810 Indian rupees)
(Reporting by Priya Sagar in Bengaluru)
((Priya.Sagar@thomsonreuters.com;))