** Shares in Avolta AVOL.S rise around 2% after the Swiss duty-free retailer posted a good set of Q4 numbers and confirmed its medium-targets despite a challenging market environment
** Avolta posts Q4 core EBITDA of 259 million Swiss francs ($332.86 million), up from 255 million Swiss francs a year earlier
** Jefferies says the Swiss company delivered "solid" quarterly numbers
** The company will propose a dividend of 1.15 Swiss francs per share for 2025, up from 1.00 Swiss francs last year
** The stock is at the top of Switzerland's mid-cap index .SMIM, which is down 1%
($1 = 0.7781 Swiss francs)
(Reporting by Ozan Ergenay)
((ozan.ergenay@thomsonreuters.com))