shares of vobile group ltd rose thursday morning after the software company announced a buyback program vobiles stock jumped as much as 15 in hong kong trade and was recently up 57 at 298 hong kong dollars us038 paring yeartodate losses to 52 the hong kongbased company said in a filing that its shareholders have granted the board a general mandate to repurchase up to 10 of its total issued shares vobile said it will fund the buyback with available cash vobile said the buyback reflects the confidence of the board in longterm strategy and growth of the company