** Shares of construction and engineering company Dycom
Industries DY.N up 3.2% at $101.54
** Co reports Q2 profit of $2.03 per share, above analysts'
ests of profit of $1.66 per share - Refinitiv
** Posts Q2 contract revenue of $1.04 bln, up 7.1% from a
year earlier; beats analysts ests of $1.03 bln
** Co expects about $30 mln of acquired contract revenue for
the quarter ending October 28
** Including session gains, DY stock up 7.2% YTD
(Reporting by Rupali Chaudhary in Bengaluru)
((Rupali.chaudhary@thomsonreuters.com))