SYDNEY — Shares in Lovisa Holdings Ltd. climbed 4.81% to $22.67 in Monday trading, adding $1.04 as the fashion jewelry retailer rebounded alongside a handful of recently sold-off growth names on a day the broader Australian market clawed back a fraction of last week's steep losses.

The move came as the S&P/ASX 200 traded modestly higher after logging its worst weekly performance in six months, and Lovisa was among a group of previously beaten-down stocks, alongside technology group Xero and property researcher REA Group, that caught a bid as investors rotated back into names that had fallen hardest in the prior sessions. Market breadth remained relatively narrow even as the benchmark index edged up, suggesting Monday's gains were concentrated in specific pockets of the market rather than reflecting a broad-based recovery.

Lovisa's bounce follows a stretch of extreme volatility for the stock over the past year, one that has repeatedly seen shares swing sharply in either direction, sometimes with limited company-specific news to explain the moves. Shares in the Melbourne-based retailer have traded as low as roughly $20 and as high as an all-time peak near $44 over the past 12 months, and the stock remains down sharply from that high despite periodic rallies.

The rebound also comes just ahead of a........

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