** Shares of Dhampur Sugar Mills DAMS.NS rise as much as
7.6% to 272.8 rupees on share buyback proposal
** Stock currently trading 4.5% higher
** Sugarcane processor to consider buying back of fully
paid-up equity shares on Jan 3
** If trend holds, stock set for best one-day gain since
Dec. 18, when sugar companies' stocks spiked on govt planning to
divert sugar for ethanol production
** Shares up for the last three weeks, gaining 5.5% during
the period
** Trading vol is 2x the 30-day daily avg
** Stock rose 2.4% in 2023, gaining lowest in a year since
its listing in 1994
(Reporting by Anuran Sadhu in Bengaluru)
((Anuran.Sadhu@thomsonreuters.com ;))