India's Indus Towers hits near 8-yr high on share buyback plan
** Shares of telecom infra developer Indus Towers INUS.NS
rise as much as 5.2% to 447.5 rupees, its highest level since
Oct. 2017
** Stock set for second straight week of gains
** Co on Thursday said it will consider buyback of shares;
it did not give further details
** Analysts on avg. rate INUS "hold", with median PT of 370
rupees - LSEG data
** Stock last up 4.5%, taking YTD gain to 123%
(Reporting by Yagnoseni Das in Bengaluru)
((Yagnoseni.das@thomsonreuters.com))
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