BUZZ — Australia's Centrepoint Alliance falls on ex — dividend trade

* Shares of Centrepoint Alliance Ltd fall as much as 6.4% to A$0.375 * Diversified financial services firm trades ex-dividend * Co had declared dividend of 1.75 Australian cents per share * Stock has dropped 5.1% so far this week, on course for their worst weekly performance since the period ended July 31 * Stock down 12.8% YTD (Reporting by Rudrannsh Mehra in Bengaluru) ((Rudrannsh.Mehra@thomsonreuters.com)