** Shares of Geo GEO.NZ rise as much as 1.4% to NZ$0.071,
in their biggest intraday pct gain since Oct. 21
** Cloud-based applications firm announces to raise up to
NZ$2.0 mln ($1.34 mln) at 6.5 NZ cents/share urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nNZW6qGfYG
** Says capital raising will provide funding for general
working capital purposes for calendar year 2021 after COVID-19
has impacted co's operations
** Issue price represents a 7.1% discount to co's last close
** Including session gains, stock flat this year
($1 = 1.4930 New Zealand dollars)
(Reporting by Deepali Saxena)
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