** Shares of China-based energy firm BIMI.O up ~9% at
$5.03 after company announces a partnership agreement
** BIMI's subsidiary Boqi Zhengji Pharmacy Chain Co Ltd
enters into strategic partnership agreements with Chengdu Gaoxin
Hospital of Tradition Chinese Medicine and Chongqing Guoyitang
Hospital urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nGNX5yRjnP
** Under the agreement, the two hospitals will become Boqi
Zhengji Pharmacy's healthcare partners
** Stock among best performers across U.S. exchanges
** Despite session's gains, stock down ~68% so far this year
(Reporting by Abhishek Manikandan in Bengaluru)
((Abhishek.Manikandan@thomsonreuters.com))