** Shares of New Zealand's SkyCity Entertainment Group SKC.NZ fall as much as 30.7% to record low of NZ$0.7
** Shares reopened for trading after two days of halt
** Casino operator announced a NZ$240 mln ($139.51 mln) equity raising on Thursday at NZ$0.7 per share
** Share price represents 24.8% discount to last close on Tuesday
** Co also posts 42% decline in FY underlying net profit to NZ$71.5 mln
** About 12.9 mln shares change hands vs 30-day average of 755,184
** Shares down 47.4% YTD
($1 = 1.7203 New Zealand dollars)
(Reporting by Shruti Agarwal in Bengaluru)
((Shruti.Agarwal@thomsonreuters.com))