** New Zealand's Smartpay SPY.NZ rises as much as 25.4% to A$1.060, highest since October 4, 2024
** Stock posts biggest intraday pct gain since March 17
** Payment services provider gets fresh takeover offer, valuing co at NZ$290.3 mln ($173.6 mln)
** Offer price of NZ$1.20/shr represents a 42% premium to Friday close and above Tyro Payments' TYR.AX NZ$1/shr bid
** Smartpay did not disclose which co made the new offer
** Stock sees busiest session since March 20, with ~85,000 shares traded vs the 30-day avg of ~15,000
** SPY last up 17.2%, taking YTD gains to ~56%
($1 = NZ$1.6725)
(Reporting by Aaditya Govind Rao in Bengaluru)
((Aaditya.govindrao@thomsonreuters.com;))
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