** Christie Group C3U.L soars 31.2% to 157.5p
** Professional and financial services provider says 2026 began with encouraging levels of ongoing demand for its services; co confident of achieving FY26 sales volumes similar to FY25
** Reports profit before tax from continuing operations of 6 mln pounds ($8.12 mln) vs year-ago ~1 mln pounds
** Revenue from continuing operations rises 19.2% y/y
** As of Friday's close, C3U up ~21% this year
($1 = 0.7385 pounds)
(Reporting by Roshni Srivastava in Bengaluru)
((roshni.srivastava@thomsonreuters.com))