Mannatech climbs on stock buyback program
** Shares of wellness solution provider Mannatech Inc
MTEX.O gain 6.3% at $18.50 in afternoon trading
** Co to acquire up to $1.5 mln of its common stock from
time to time in the open market urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nBw8JLsJGa
** Co intends to finance the repurchases with available cash
** MTEX has ~1.91 mln shares outstanding worth ~$33.28 mln,
per Refinitiv data
** Including the session's gains, stock down 51.7% YTD
(Reporting by Shristi Achar A)
((Shristi.AcharA@thomsonreuters.com;))