** Shares of CTS Eventim EVDG.DE jump 4% after the German
live entertainment ticketing company posted preliminary strong
full-year revenue and earnings
** The company's FY revenue and adjusted EBITDA rose by
19.1% and 21.9%, to 2.81 billion euros ($2.94 billion)and 542
mln euros respectively
** J.P. Morgan notes that for the quarter, adjusted EBITDA
came in +7% and 14% ahead of JPM and consensus respectively, led
in the main part by better than expected performance in Live
Entertainment
** JPM says it anticipates a reassuring quarter that will
restore confidence in the investment case after Q3
disappointments
** "Valuation offers an attractive entry point to the
narrative," the brokerage adds
** CTS Eventim is among the top movers on pan-European STOXX
600 index .STOXX , on track for its best day in a month
($1 = 0.9560 euros)
(Reporting by Elizaveta Gladun in Gdansk)
((elizaveta.gladun@thomsonreuters.com))