** U.S.-listed shares of Chinese online education firm
Gaotu Techedu GOTU.N jump 18.0% to $5.63 premarket
** GOTU has jumped 86.32% in the last seven sessions
** Citi Research's Alice Cai attributes the recent rally to
supporters of a popular livestream host from rival East Buy
flocking to GOTU's livestream after a recent controversy
** Cai adds that they maintain their "sell" rating on GOTU
until there is an improvement in gross billings or the co shows
it can sustain and convert this traffic surge
** Up to last close, stock had risen 102% so far this year
(Reporting by Bansari Mayur Kamdar in Bengaluru)
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