** Shares of housing finance company Piramal Finance DWNH.M3 rise as much as 5% to a record high of 1642 rupees
** Stock last up 1% to 1578 rupees
** Company approves issuance of Non-Convertible Debentures worth 6.75 billion rupees ($76.14 million) on a private placement basis
** Co recently merged with Piramal Enterprises, whose shares were delisted on Sept 23, to mark its market debut
** Stock up 30% since listing on Nov 7
($1 = 88.6475 Indian rupees)
(Reporting by Komal Salecha)
((Komal@thomsonreuters.com;))