** Shares of China's live-streaming platform DOYU.N rise
12.6% to $7.78 premarket - on track for best day ever
** Company says Q1 net revenue rose 53% to 2.28 bln yuan vs
est. of 2.13 bln yuan - Refinitiv data
** Says margins hit a record high; gross margin expanded to
21.3% from 13.6% in the same period of 2019 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nPn8NWrpPa
** Q1 average paying user count jumped 26.2% to 7.6 mln -
DOYU
** Company expects Q2 net revenue between 2.36 bln yuan and
2.41 bln yuan vs est. of 2.38 bln yuan
** Including premarket gains, stock is down ~8% YTD
(Reporting by Ayanti Bera in Bengaluru)
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