** Shares PRLB.N of Protolabs Inc, which makes product
prototypes for manufacturing companies, up 1.1% at $50.11 after
market
** Company increases share repurchase program by $50 mln,
says is now authorized to buy back $150 mln of common shares, of
which it has already bought $87 mln as of Dec. 7 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nBwbznGGNa
** PRLB has a consensus rating of "hold" and median PT of
$57.50 - Refinitiv
** Company's shares down nearly 68% YTD as of Friday's close
(Reporting by Niket Nishant in Bengaluru)
((Niket.Nishant@thomsonreuters.com))