HK-listed EEKA Fashion set for best day in over 3-1/2 years on upbeat outlook

EEKA Fashion Holdings

09/07/2021 05:39

** Shares of Chinese ladies-wear designer and distributor
EEKA Fashion Holdings Ltd  3709.HK  surge 13% to HK$11.30, on
course for the best day since December 2017 
    ** Stock hit the highest since July 2; among the 30 biggest
percentage gainers on the Hong Kong bourse
    ** Guangdong, China-based company expects its first-half net
profit to increase not less than 100% from a year-ago period
with revenue rising not less than 50%  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN2OK0H4
    ** Says its business operation achieves strong growth during
the period as COVID-19 pandemic has been brought under control 
    ** The Hong Kong Hang Seng consumer goods and services index
 .HSCGSI  rises 1.1%, and the Hang Seng China Enterprises Index
 .HSCE  climbs 0.3%
    ** The benchmark Hang Seng Index  .HSI  gains 0.7%
    ** The stock had fallen 30.1% this year as of last close  

 (Reporting by Donny Kwok)
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