** Shares of Australia's Whitehaven Coal WHC.AX drop 9.4% in the week, on track to record its worst since late-March 2025, if trend holds
** Australia's top independent coal miner swung to a surprise HY underlying net loss after tax of A$19 million ($13.36 million) on Thursday, vs Visible Alpha consensus estimate of a profit of A$16 million
** WHC down 2.9% on Friday at A$7.8
** Stock has risen 0.7% this year, including day's moves
($1 = 1.4219 Australian dollars)
(Reporting by Roshan Thomas in Bengaluru)
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