India's Apollo Hospitals set for best week in nearly 4 years on robust Q1 earnings

** India's Apollo Hospitals APOLLOHOSP gains 10% this week, set for its best weekly gain since November 2021

** Gains after hospital chain operator beat Q1 results estimates on strong demand for its healthcare services and healthy in-patient volume

** UBS says APLH's results "ticked all boxes," adding co surprised on margins, led by improved profitability at HealthCo and healthy offline pharmacy sales

** Stock jumped 8% after results and has been trading at record high levels

** Avg rating on APLH, rivals Max Healthcare MAXHEALTH and Fortis Healthcare FORTIS at "buy" - data compiled by LSEG

** YTD, stock up 7%