** Shares India's V Guard VGUA.NS jump nearly 3% to 326.35 rupees after Q3 profit surged 26% YoY
** Electrical appliances maker's cables & wires business drove growth
** Jefferies ("buy", PT 430 rupees) says cables & wires business benefited from volume growth and commodity price inflation
** Investec ("buy", PT 465 rupees) says likely benefit from higher realisation and stocking by dealers, consistent with trends seen by peers
** Stock rated "buy" on avg by 18 analysts, similar to peers Havells India HVEL.NS and Polycab India POLC.NS -- data compiled by LSEG
** Stock down 3.2% so far in Jan; dropped about 22% in 2025
($1 = 91.9525 Indian rupees)
(Reporting by Surbhi Misra in Bengaluru)
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