Australia's Brickworks hits nine-month low on impairment charge
** Shares of Brickworks BKW.AX fall as much as 3.2% to
A$25.220, their lowest since Dec 13, 2023
** Stock posts its biggest intraday percentage decline since
Aug 13
** Brick maker flags total non-cash impairment charge of
A$123.5 mln ($82.49 mln) for FY24
** BKW says impairment related to its Austral Masonry and
Brickworks North America units
** Stock down 9.1% YTD, including session's move
($1 = 1.4972 Australian dollars)
(Reporting by Aaditya Govind Rao in Bengaluru)
((Aaditya.govindrao@thomsonreuters.com))
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