A2 Milk on trading halt as it goes shopping

A2 Milk on trading halt as it goes shopping
A2 Milk chief executive. (Image: A2 Milk)
Rebecca Howard
A2 Milk was put on a trading halt on the New Zealand and Australian stock exchanges pending further announcement about a potential acquisition. The shares were up 11.31% at $6.79 just before going on a trading halt. It had touched a high of $7.050 earlier in the session.A2 has gained 16.1% this month. The reasons for the trading halt are “to provide us with additional time to respond to ASX’s price query received this morning and to inform the market regarding a potential acquisition by us”, the company said.It reque...

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