BUZZ — Australia's Macmahon Holdings advances on buying engineering business

* Shares of Macmahon Holdings rise as much as 6.6% to A$1.055 in early trade, their highest since August 27 * Stock logs largest intraday pct jump since late August * Mining services provider to acquire Aspect Engineering Solutions for headline enterprise value A$75 million * Says Aspect is an engineering and project delivery business that is highly complementary to Macmahon's existing operations * Adds Aspect provides a scalable engineering and minerals processing growth platform, broadening co's participation across the mining value chain * Stock up 57.1% YTD, including the day's moves (Reporting by Nikita Maria Jino in Bengaluru) ((Nikita.Jino@thomsonreuters.com;)