** Shares of India's Venus Pipes and Tubes VENS.NS up as
much as 8.94% to hit record high of 1,582 rupees
** Co also records sharpest intraday pct gain since Oct. 27,
2023
** VENS' Q3 profit more than doubled, while rev jumped ~52%
** Stock last up 4.2%, set to gain for the third straight
session
** More than 783,000 shares change hands by 1:05 p.m. IST,
nearly 7x the 30-day avg
** Mean recommendation of 5 analysts rating the stock is
"strong buy", median TP 1,759 rupees - LSEG data
** Stock had risen ~8% so far this year, after a ~96% surge
in CY2023
(Reporting by Hritam Mukherjee in Bengaluru)
((Hritam.Mukherjee@thomsonreuters.com;))