** Hong Kong shares of China-based developer of online games
for children, BAIOO Family Interactive Ltd 2100.HK , surge as
much as 13.7% to HK$0.83, their highest since Jan. 10
** Guangdong-based firm expects its 2019 revenue to jump
132%-163.6% from a year earlier to 660 mln yuan to 750 mln yuan
($108.6 mln) as it expands its game titles from webpage
platforms to mobile platforms (https://bit.ly/2GoNmXb)
** The company expects net profit between 135 mln yuan and
160 mln yuan, compared with a profit of 6.7 mln yuan in 2018,
which included a one-time gain
** Baioo Family has underperformed the Hang Seng Commerce &
Industry Index sector .HSNC by 12.8 percentage points in the
past one month
** The Hong Kong Hang Seng sub-index tracking information
technology firms .HSCIIT rises 1.8%
** The Hang Seng China enterprises index .HSCE climbs
1.8%, and the benchmark index .HSI is up 1.1%
($1 = 6.9043 Chinese yuan)
(Reuters Messaging: donny.kwok.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)