AU Small Finance Bank's stock surged to a new life high, rising nearly 2% after proposing the appointment of N S Venkatesh and Satyajit Dwivedi as non-executive independent directors and reappointing Malini Thadani. The lender's Q2 results showed a slight dip in net profit but growth in income and deposits, with analysts projecting strong CAGR for loans, PPOP, and PAT.