Big 5 Sporting Goods jumps after raising holiday-quarter profit forecast
** Sporting goods retailer's BGFV.O shares up 7.9% at
$21.20 premarket, set for best day in over two months
** BGFV set to open at more than one-month high
** Co expects Q4 EPS of 84 cents to 86 cents, higher than 55
cents to 70 cents forecast earlier
** Says Q4 comp. sales rose 0.2% vs. 2020 and 10.6% vs. 2019
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** Shares have gained more than 62% in the last 12 months
(Reporting by Uday Sampath in Bengaluru)
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