** Shares of BirdDog Technology BDT.AX rise as much as
5.7% to A$0.056, their highest level since June 3
** Stock on track for best day since April 30, if current
gains hold
** The hardware and software solutions firm executed binding
agreements with Home Made Robots to purchase 31.6 million co
shares via a selective buyback programme
** Co says proposed buyback consideration is A$1.6 mln
($1.06 mln)
** BirdDog stock has fallen 39.1% this year, as of last
close
($1 = 1.5147 Australian dollars)
(Reporting by Shivangi Lahiri in Bengaluru)
((shivangi.lahiri@thomsonreuters.com))