Updates
** Shares of Ramsay Health Care RHC.AX rise as much as 1.9% to A$37.49, defying a 1.3% fall in the broader healthcare sub-index .AXHJ
** Macquarie flags Australian prudential regulator's September-quarter data as signalling a firmer revenue indexation backdrop for Ramsay
** Australian private hospital benefits climbed8.5% YoY in the September quarter, up 5.2% sequentially
** Brokerage expects the hospital operator's FY26 Australian rev growth at ~4.6% vs ~4.3% in FY25
** Stock up 7.4% YTD, including the day's moves
(Reporting by Kumar Tanishk and Nikita Maria Jino in Bengaluru)
((Tanishk.Kumar@thomsonreuters.com; X: @thatstanishk http://www.x.com/thatstanishk;))