Afya Limited: Rises on Q2 sales beat
** U.S.-listed shares of Brazilian medical education firm
AFYA.O up as much as 8.6% at $25.24
** Q2 rev surges 54% to 274.2 mln reais ($50.31 mln), above
Refinitiv est of 252.5 mls reais urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASA014D8
** Co sees strong demand for medical seats for the upcoming
semester, expects 100% seat occupancy for rest of the year
** Stock down ~12% so far this year
($1 = 5.4506 reais)
(Reporting by Tiyashi Datta)
((tiyashi.datta@thomsonreuters.com))
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