Australias Maas enters trading halt after Nvidia-backed Firmus shelves $5 billion IPO plan

Oct 9 (Reuters) - Shares of Australia's Maas Group entered a trading halt on Friday pending an announcement related to Nvidia-backed data centre operator Firmus, which has shelved its $5 billion listing plan, citing market volatility and conditions.Construction services provider Maas said it had requested the halt pending a material announcement regarding Firmus and its contractual arrangements with the data centre operator.The company said it expected the halt to be lifted once it updated the market or by the start…