** Cyber security solutions provider Check Point Software Technologies CHKP.O shares up 5.1% at $201.52

** Stock set for steepest one-day gain in nine months

** CHKP posts adj. EPS $3.94, above analysts' estimates of $2.45 - data compiled by LSEG

** Posts Q3 revenue of $678 mln, above the estimated $673.5 mln

** Co attributes strong Q3 results to heightened demand for hybrid-mesh-network, workspace and external risk management solutions

** Including session moves, stock up 9.12% YTD

(Reporting by Tharuniyaa Lakshmi in Bengaluru)

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