** Shares of Radius Residential Care RAD.NZ rise 14.4% to NZ$0.215
** Stock set for best day since June 24, if the current trend holds
** Stock hits its highest level since Nov. 26
** Elderly care service provider launches a buyback program, leading to the purchase of up to 0.7% of its ordinary shares
** Says that the program demonstrates the Auckland-based firm's long-term growth potential adding that is it currently undervalued
** Stock up 51.4% YTD
(Reporting by Kumar Tanishk in Bengaluru)
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