** Shares of Mcgrath MEA.AX rise as much as 8.8% to
A$0.435, posting their biggest intraday percentage gain since
Oct. 27, 2022
** Stock hits its highest level since Aug. 22
** Residential real estate co sees half year underlying
EBITDA to be between the range of A$4.5 mln ($2.91 mln) to A$5
mln
** Says midpoint of forecast range represents about 40%
increase in underlying EBITDA over previous year
** About 160,009 shares change hands, compared with the
30-day average volume of 38,422
** Stock up 9.1% YTD, based on last close
($1 = 1.5468 Australian dollars)
(Reporting by Aaditya Govind Rao in Bengaluru)
((Aaditya.govindrao@thomsonreuters.com;))