** Shares of BOD Australia BOD.AX fall as much as 7.2% to
A$0.09, their lowest since July 26
** The cannabis centric healthcare company secures firm
commitments for a placement to raise A$1.5 million ($1.02
million) at an offer price of A$0.08 per share urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASX6XysJB
** Co says will also conduct a non-renouncable entitlement
offer to existing shareholders on a 4:17 basis
** Adds entitlement offer will raise upto A$2 mln and will
result in issue of up to 24.9 mln shares at the Offer price
** Stock posts its biggest intraday pct gain since Aug. 18
** More than 683,000 shares change hands, vs the 30-day
average volume of 130,895 shares
** Stock has risen fallen 59.6% this year, as of last close
($1 = 1.4665 Australian dollars)
(Reporting by Rishav Chatterjee in Bengaluru)
((Rishav.Chatterjee@thomsonreuters.com;))