Bright Scholar rises on deal to buy 18% stake in Golden Ballet Dance

Bright Scholar Education Holdings

24/02/2021 19:40

** Shares of education service firm Bright Scholar Education
 BEDU.N  up 2.4% at $6.47
    ** Co to buy 18% equity interests in ballet training firm
Golden Ballet Dance
    ** BEDU aims to close the transaction in April  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nPn5jcshPa
    ** Investment in Golden Ballet offers tremendous market
opportunities as well as synergies that will further expedite
the expansion of BEDU's complementary education business - CEO 
Zi Chen
    ** BEDU has risen 12.3% so far this year


 (Reporting by Arunima Kumar in Bengaluru)
 ((Arunima.Kumar@thomsonreuters.com))