** Shares of community lender Northfield Bancorp NFBK.O
rise as much as 4%, last up 1.1% at $7.88
** NFBK late Friday said it had approved a new $10 mln stock
repurchase program
** Co anticipates conducting such repurchases beginning on
Tuesday
** NFBK has 44.3 mln outstanding shares and $345.4 mln
market capitalization - LSEG data
** Last Monday, NFBK shares hit a 15-year low after S&P Dow
Jones Indices said the bank will be removed from S&P SmallCap
600 index .SPCY
** As of last close, NFBK shares were down 38.1% YTD
(Reporting by Arasu Kannagi Basil in Bengaluru)
((ArasuKannagi.Basil@thomsonreuters.com;))