Australia's ALS marks best session in 12 weeks on robust full-year results

ALS

25/05/2022 03:21

** Shares of the testing services provider  ALQ.AX  climb as
much as 5.5% to A$12.430, their sharpest intraday pct jump since
March 1
    ** ALS posts FY net profit attributable of A$190.5 mln 
($135.06 mln), up 12.3% as compared to 2021  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASX7Kh3WM
    ** Says FY revenue from ordinary activities up 19.7% to
A$2,108.5 mln year-on-year
    ** Co declares final dividend of 17 AU cents 
    ** Stock is the tenth-biggest pct gainer in the benchmark
S&P/ASX 200 index  .AXJO 
    ** More than 1.07 mln shares change hands, as compared with
the 30-day average volume of ~1.08 shares  
    ** Stock down 9.9% this year, as of last close, vs a 3.5%
decrease in the S&P/ASX 200 index  .AXJO  

      ($1 = 1.4104 Australian dollars)

 (Reporting by Roushni Nair in Bengaluru)
 ((Roushni.Nair@thomsonreuters.com;))