** Shares of Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Company jump as much as 8.81% to 769.20 rupees - highest level since Sept. 23, 2022
** Shares post biggest intraday pct rise in nearly 10 months
** The finance company's Q3 profit rose to 6.84 bln rupees ($83.61 million) from 5.24 bln rupees a year ago
** Q3 interest income for CHLA rose 30.43% to 31.42 bln rupees
** More than 1.77 mln shares traded as of 09.25 a.m. IST vs their 30-day moving avg 1.68 mln
** Twenty-two of 31 brokerages rate the stock "buy" or higher, 6 "hold" and 3 "sell" or lower; their median PT is 855 rupees - Refinitiv data
** Stock rose 5.2% last month, after four straight annual
gains
($1 = 81.8070 Indian rupees)
(Reporting by Hritam Mukherjee in Bengaluru)