** Citi upgrades Healius' HLS.AX rating to "neutral" from "sell"...

** Citi upgrades Healius' HLS.AX rating to "neutral" from "sell" on recent share price decline, the sale of co's unit Lumus Imaging and cost base of its pathology segment reflecting its true business as usual costs

** Brokerage trims price target for co to A$1.05 from A$1.5 to reflect Lumus sale in its forecasts

** Citi forecasts HLS to distribute special dividend of 40 Australian cents/share from sale of Lumus

** The Aussie healthcare firm on Friday shared positive outlook for its pathology business, foreacsting strong growth in 2H

** HLS down ~19.9% YTD as of last close, underperforming against a 3.4% gain on the ASX Health Care index .AXHJ

($1 = 1.5319 Australian dollars)

Reporting by Nikita Maria Jino in Bengaluru

https://www.xm.com/au/research/markets/allNews/reuters/citi-ups-australias-healius-to-neutral-rating-sees-special-dividend-on-the-cards-53971924