** Shares of Australia's WAM Strategic Value WAR.AX rise as much as 1.8% to A$1.165, their highest level since January 13

** Stock posts biggest intraday pct gain in a month

** Investment co posts HY26 operating profit after tax of A$12.8 million ($9.09 million), compared with A$5 million a year earlier

** Declares interim dividend of 3.25 Australian cents per share

** Stock up 1.8% YTD, including session's moves

($1 = 1.4086 Australian dollars)

(Reporting by Aamir Sheik Khalid in Bengaluru)

((Aamir.SheikKhalid@thomsonreuters.com))