India's PB Fintech rises on plans to begin offering healthcare services
** Shares of insurance aggregator PB Fintech PBFI.NS rise 4.2%
to 2,006.55 rupees
** Co to set up unit to provide healthcare services with
proposed name PB Healthcare or PB Healthcare Services
** PBFI operates insurance platform Policybazaar and
personal loans and credit cards platform Paisabazaar
** Trading vols at 1.2 mln, nearly the same as 30-day
average
** Stock has more than doubled in price this year
(Reporting by Vijay Malkar)
((mailto:VijayDattaram.Malkar@thomsonreuters.com;))
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