** Affordable housing finance company Aavas Financiers AVAS.NS surge as much as 8% to 1748.7 rupees apiece
** Rise after AVAS posts 11% year-on-year rise in the second quarter profit to 1.64 billion rupees
** Asset quality trends remain stable while recovery in disbursements boosts profit growth and margin expansion, multiple brokerages say after results
** ICICI Securities gets AUM growth to remain at 20% due to geographical expansion, productivity enhancement and increase in ticket size
** The average rating of 21 analysts tracking AVAS is "Buy", data compiled by LSEG shows
** AVAS shares are down 3.6% in 2025 so far, lagging the 6% rise in Nifty 500 index .NIFTY500, exchange data shows
(Reporting by Bharath Rajeswaran in Bengaluru)
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