(Updates with Macquarie comments)
** Shares of Core Lithium CXO.AX extend losses, slide as
much as 14.6% to A$0.615
** Stock top loser in the benchmark ASX 200 index .AXJO
** CXO on Monday posted a more than four-fold jump in Q4
spodumene production from Q3 levels
** Co, however, flagged production in FY25 likely to be
below FY24
** CXO set for worst day since Jan 10, 2022, if current
losses hold
** Citi cuts price target to A$0.5 from A$0.80, maintains
"sell" rating
** Analysts at brokerage Macquarie cut price target to
A$0.90 from A$1.20
** Macquarie says FY25 outlook by co was 'disappointing'
** Stock down 29.8% this year, as of last close
($1 = 1.4861 Australian dollars)
(Reporting by Navya Mittal and Rishav Chatterjee in Bengaluru)
((navya.mittal@thomsonreuters.com))