** Shares of Spandana Sphoorty Financial SPAD.NS up as
much as 6.4% to 935.6 rupees; last up 1.8%
** Rural-focused NBFC reported a 5.2% Y/Y rise in its
consolidated PAT for the March-qtr; interest income jumped 50.6%
** Co also approved issuance of non-convertible debentures
worth up to 40 bln rupees ($479 mln)
** Stock on track to snap three straight sessions of losses,
if trends hold
** More than 535,000 shares change hands by 10:48 a.m. IST,
3.5x the 30-day avg
** Including session's move, stock is down 20.7% YTD
($1 = 83.5000 Indian rupees)
(Reporting by Navamya Ganesh Acharya in Bengaluru)
((Navamya.GaneshAcharya@thomsonreuters.com; +91 8805175330 ;))