** Shares of industrial tools manufacturer Hurco Companies
Inc HURC.O down ~4% at $21.91
** Co reports Q3 profit of 18 cents a share, shrinking from
23 cents/share a year earlier
** Sales grow nearly 6% to $57.6 mln vs a year
earlier urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nGNX6tgY10
** Q3 new orders fall nearly 21% on the back of a stronger
dollar, wreaking havoc on the Asia Pacific segment
** Stock is down ~25% YTD compared with a ~22% decline in
the NASDAQ Industrial Index .IXID
(Reporting by Shashwat Chauhan in Bengaluru)
((Shashwat.Chauhan@thomsonreuters.com))