Refile: BUZZ-Australia's Payright soars on strong Q2 results
01/02/2022 02:02
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** Shares of "buy now, pay later" co Payright Ltd PYR.AX
jump as much as 13.5% to A$0.21, heading for their best session
since Nov. 29, 2021
** PYR says it recorded a 67% growth in gross merchandise
value to A$34.4 million ($24.29 million) in its second quarter
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** Says it had 65,711 customers at quarter end, up 55%,
while total merchant stores increased to 3,617, a 26% rise
** PYR down 17.8% year-to-date, as of last close
($1 = 1.4162 Australian dollars)
(Reporting by Harshita Swaminathan in Bengaluru)
((Harshita.Swaminathan@thomsonreuters.com))