** Shares in Instone Real Estate Group SE INS2.DE rise
2.9% in early Frankfurt trade after the German firm on Thursday
announced a share buyback of up to 50 million euros ($56.90
million) urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2UM18E
** The buyback programme will be carried out between March
18 and Dec. 31, 2022, and will consist of 2.349 million shares,
a maximum of 5% of its share capital
** "Shares up 5% after-hours, which seems exaggerated by far
as buyback starts only in more than a month and in the context
of today's expected market weakness," a local trader says
** Instone Real Estate sits on top of the German small-cap
index .SDAXI in early Frankfurt trade
($1 = 0.8787 euros)
(Reporting by Ana Cantero)
((ana.canteroros@thomsonreuters.com))