Japan's Ain Holdings gains on profit jump
05/03/2018 04:18
** Shares of drugstore operator Ain Holdings Inc 9627.T
climb 7.8 pct to 3-month high of 7,730 yen
** Company reports 45.8 pct rise in net profit to 7.93 bln
yen ($75.1 mln) for May-Jan period
** Stock outperformed the Tokyo SE TOPIX Retail Trade Stock
Price Index sector .IRETL.T by 11.4 percentage points in the
past one month
** As of 0412 GMT, about 660,200 shares have been traded,
compared with their 30-day moving average of 280,970 shares a
day
** Among the 10 analysts that cover the stock, the current
average rating on the shares is "buy", with 6 "strong buy" or
"buy", two "hold", two "sell" or "strong sell"; mean price
target is 7,912.5 yen
($1 = 105.5400 yen)
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