** Shares of Sammaan Capital SMMN.NS rise 11.4% to 154.25 rupees
** RBI approves Avenir Investment's proposed acquisition of controlling stake in SMMN
** Avenir, owned by Abu Dhabi's International Holding Company PJSC IHC.AD, will invest around 88.5 bln rupees ($942.2 mln) via preferential issue
** Avenir to hold around 41% stake in SMMN post preferential issue
** Trading volume at 50.5 mln shares so far, more than 5x 30-day average
** YTD, SMMN up about 6%
($1 = 93.9330 Indian rupees)
(Reporting by Vijay Malkar)
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