** Jewelry maker's shares CTHR.O up 17.6% to $1.07 in
premarket trading
** Stock set to open at its highest in about nine months
** After market close on Thursday, CTHR reported Q1 net
sales of $7.9 mln, topping consensus analyst est. of $5.7 mln,
according to IBES data from Refinitiv urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nPn8V1Nxja
** Co's online channels segment, which includes e-commerce
outlets, recorded a 21% increase in net sales in the qtr
** Profit stood at 3 cents/shr, also topping IBES est. of a
3 cents/shr loss
** Stock down 35.8% YTD
(Reporting by Niket Nishant in Bengaluru)
((Niket.Nishant@thomsonreuters.com))