** Shares in Freenet FNTGn.DE are up 2.2% after the German
telecom group hiked its full-year earnings guidance
** The company raised its EBITDA guidance for 2022 and
reported H1 EBITDA up 8.4%, citing steady growth in the number
of high-value subscribers urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASM000N1S
** A local trader says the positive share reacion is due to
the EBITDA guidance increase
** "The results, in our view, are reassuring," Barclays says
** The stock is among top performers on Germany's mid-cap
index .MDAXI
($1 = 0.9704 euros)
(Reporting by Ozan Ergenay)
((ozan.ergenay@thomsonreuters.com))