** Shares of Venus Pipes & Tubes VENS.NS jump 4.4% to 1347 rupees, biggest intra day percentage gain since Sept 1
** Pipes and tubes maker completes conversion of 420,000 warrants into equity shares at 1,700 rupees per share
** Total fund infusion of 714 mln rupees ($8.04 mln)from promoter and non-promoter entities
** VENS rated "strong buy" by 6 analysts on average; median target price is 1,719 rupees – data compiled by LSEG
** Stock down 10.5% YTD
($1 = 88.7700 Indian rupees)
(Reporting by Rudra Pratap Singh in Bengaluru)
((rudrapratap.singh@thomsonreuters.com))