Utilities firm Genie Energy falls as quarterly net income declines
** Shares of utilities firm Genie Energy Ltd GNE.N plunge
11.2% to $13.62
** GNE reports Q1 net income of $14.3 mln, down 18.5% from a
year earlier
** Q1 gross margin narrows to 31.6% from 54.8%
** Income from operations falls 58.2% to $11.3 mln
** Quarterly revenue, however, is up 22.5% at $105.3 mln
over a year earlier
** Accounting for session's losses, stock down ~20% YTD
(Reporting by Arshreet Singh in Bengaluru)
((Arshreet.Singh@thomsonreuters.com))