** Shares of IndusInd Bank INBK.NS climb as much as 3.1% to 873 rupees, top gainer among banking stocks .NSEBANK
** Looking for strategic partner, Ashok Hinduja, chair of INBK's controlling shareholder IIHL, tells the Economic Times in an interview
** INBK says there is "no discussion of this nature underway with anyone in the bank"
** INBK is the only "sell" rated stock on the 12-member Nifty Bank .NSEBANK index - data compiled by LSEG
** Shares down ~10% YTD, only stock in the red on the bank index
(Reporting by Nandan Mandayam in Bengaluru)
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