The share price of private hospital operator Life Healthcare surged on Wednesday following the news that it has appointed Barclays and Goldman Sachs to evaluate unsolicited offers to buy its diagnostic imaging services subsidiary Alliance Medical Group (AMG).

At 11.59am, the share price of the company, valued at R24.89bn on the JSE, jumped 12.15% to R19.02, making it its second best day, beaten only by the 22.63% gain on November 5 2020...

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