** Online advertising and technology co's shares CRTO.O
rise ~18% to $13.43 - set for the best day in over a month
** Co lifts forecast for Q2 revenue excluding traffic
acquisition costs to a range of $174 mln to $175 mln, from $140
mln to $147 mln previously urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nPn2Ys0yGa
** Analysts on average had expected revenue of $146.4 mln -
Refinitiv data
** CRTO also raises adj. EBITDA forecast to the range of $32
mln to $33 mln, from of $0 to $7 mln earlier
** Despite session's gains, stock is down 22.5% YTD
(Reporting by Ayanti Bera in Bengaluru)
((Ayanti.Bera@thomsonreuters.com; 646 223 8780 - 3401;))