Australia's BNK Banking Corp climbs on declaring special dividend

BNK Banking

13/07/2022 02:13

** Shares of financial services provider BNK Banking Corp
 BBC.AX  climb as much as 14.7% to A$1.090, marking their
biggest intraday gain since Dec. 15
    ** Co also announces a fully-franked special dividend of 34
Australian cents per share
    ** Co says total deposits grew by A$98.8 mln ($66.66 mln)
during June, an increase of 11.5%  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASX2Gr5mn
    ** Shares hit their highest level since June 8
    ** Volumes are nearly 2 times the 30-day average of 153,667
shares
    ** As of last close, stock down 24% this year


($1 = 1.4821 Australian dollars)

 (Reporting by Himanshi Akhand in Bengaluru)
 ((Himanshi.Akhand@thomsonreuters.com;))