Australia's Wesfarmers to sell 5.2% stake in Coles amid COVID-19 outbreak

Australia's Wesfarmers to sell 5.2% stake in Coles amid COVID-19 outbreak

Coles Supermarket. Photo: Reuters

Australia’s Wesfarmers Ltd on Monday said it would sell a 5.2% stake in Coles Group, the supermarket chain it spun off in 2018, in a bid to retain a more flexible balance sheet amid uncertainty posed by the coronavirus outbreak.

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