** Shanghai shares in Tsingtao Brewery Co Ltd 600600.SS
rise as much as 4.2% to 118.27 yuan.
** Chinese brewer's Hong Kong shares 0168.HK climb as much
as 2% to HK$82.80.
** Co says its Q1 net profit rose 28.9% YOY to 1.45 bln yuan
($209.72 mln) with revenue up 16.3% YOY at 10.71 bln yuan,
riding on recovery in the domestic beer market.
** Shares in rivals fall, with China Resources Beer
0291.HK sliding 2.3% and Budweiser Brewing Company APAC
1876.HK down 4.5%.
** The blue-chip CSI 300 Index .CSI300 eases 0.5% and the
Shanghai Composite Index .SSEC slips 0.3%.
** Hang Seng Consumption Index .HSCGSI drops 2% and the
Hang Seng Index .HSI falls 1.8%.
($1 = 6.9140 Chinese yuan renminbi)
(Reporting by Donny Kwok, Editing by Louise Heavens)
((donny.kwok@thomsonreuters.com))