Australia's Ridley Corp hits more than 2-year high on earnings

Ridley

25/08/2021 06:53

** Animal feed producer's shares  RIC.AX  climb as much as
12.28% to A$1.28, highest since June 2019
    ** Company reports FY total comprehensive income of A$24.9
mln ($18.04 mln) vs loss of A$10.7 mln last year  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASX3RCKTy
    ** Announces final dividend of 2 Australian cents per share,
after having withheld it last year
    ** Stock posts biggest intra-day pct gain since July 13 
    ** About 1.1 mln shares change hands vs 30-day avg of about
208,000 shares
    ** Company's shares up 25% so far this year, as of last
close 

 ($1 = 1.3805 Australian dollars)

 (Reporting by Harshita Swaminathan)
 ((Harshita.Swaminathan@thomsonreuters.com))