** Shares of specialty alcohol maker Alto Ingredients
ALTO.O jump ~14% to $6.65 before the bell
** Stock set to open at an over nine-month high if premarket
gains hold
** ALTO after market hours on Thursday reported a 128% surge
in Q4 net sales, thanks to higher sales prices urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nGNX8m0czF
** Co also posted a profit of $35.4 mln, or 49 cents per
share, compared with a net loss of $20.5 mln, or 30 cents/shr a
year earlier
** As of last close, stock was up ~21% this year
(Reporting by Deborah Sophia in Bengaluru)
((DeborahMary.Sophia@thomsonreuters.com;))