** Shares of India-based consumer lending company Star
Housing Finance Ltd STAO.BO rise as much as 7.9% to a record
high of 203.50 rupees
** STAO on Tuesday said its board would consider a proposal
to issue bonus shares and/or split stock on Oct. 17 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN31C12J
** More than 176,000 shares change hands by 0735 GMT, 1.3x
30-day avg of 135,261 shares
** Stock up by more than double so far this year as of last
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(Reporting by Atreya Raghavan in Bengaluru)
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