Real estate stocks jumped a little over 1% at midday Thursday. US wholesale inflation declined in August, boosting expectations of a US Federal Reserve rate cut.
Elanor Commercial Property Fund (ASX:ECF) said lawyers of LDR Assets, a trustee for the LDR Assets Trust, declared LDR's off-market takeover bid for the company is free of all defeating conditions.
Meanwhile, the healthcare sector fell nearly 2%.
PolyNovo (ASX:PNV) received notice that JPMorgan Chase and its affiliated entities increased their voting interest in the company to 9.99% from 7.77% on Monday. The firm's Chairman David Williams' related entity, Moggs Creek, acquired 37,000 shares for AU$1.41 apiece, or AU$51,980 in total, via an on-market deal on Wednesday.