** Shares of Adairs ADH.AX fall as much as 16.1% to
A$1.72, their lowest level since June 7
** Home furnishing retailer posts 17.8% drop in FY24
statutory NPAT and 4.3% fall in total sales
** Says sales materially impacted by lower customer traffic
** Declares final dividend of 7.0 AU cents per share in FY24
after declaring no dividend in FY23
** Says group sales are down 0.4% in FY25 YTD
** About 1.8 mln shares change hand at 0042 GMT compared to
30-day average trading volume of 511,997 shares
** Stock up 13.3% YTD as of last close
(Reporting by John Biju in Bengaluru)
((John.Biju@thomsonreuters.com;))