Australia's Seafarms jumps on Japanese investment; sees busiest trading day in over 3-1/2 yrs

Nissui

23/05/2018 06:28

(Updates with milestone for volume)
    ** Shares of aquaculture developer Seafarms Group Ltd
 SFG.AX  rise as much as 45.5 pct to A$0.096, their highest
since February 2017
    ** Company says Japanese seafood producer
Nippon Suisan Kaisha  1332.T  to invest A$25 mln ($18.9 mln)
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASXbTnzCx
    ** Stock posts biggest intraday pct gain since February 2013
    ** Stock sees busiest trading session since Sept. 2014
    ** More than 13 mln shares change hands, compared to 30-day
avg of 629,900 shares

($1 = 1.3215 Australian dollars)

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