Australia's Helia jumps after Macquarie upgrades to 'outperform'
** Shares of Helia Group HLI.AX rise as much as 16.8% to A$3.9, posting their biggest intraday percentage gain since Feb. 24, 2023
** Analysts at Macquarie upgrade rating on lenders mortgage insurance (LMI) provider to "outperform" from "neutral"
** HLI fell 20.9% on Wednesday after top client Commonwealth Bank of Australia CBA.AX flagged plans to issue tenders for its external LMI requirements for the whole group, including it unit Bankwest which is separately insured with QBE Insurance QBE.AX
** Macquarie says negative share-price reaction presents an opportunity, along with potential acceleration of the on-market buyback
** "On the balance of probabilities, we think HLI would likely become the exclusive LMI provider for CBA's entire group" - brokerage
** About 4.2 mln shares change hands, compared with the 30-day average volume of around 930,000
** Stock trims YTD losses to 4.1% YTD, including session's moves
Reporting by Aaditya Govind Rao in Bengaluru
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