** Shares of Ikegps IKE.NZ rise as much as 4.4% to
A$0.950, hitting their highest since Dec 2021
** Says half-yearly profit came in at NZ$1.1 mln
($678,040.00), compared with a loss of A$6.3 mln urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nNZWbmKFcR
** Half yearly revenue was NZ$15.4 mln, compared with NZ$5.7
mln
** Stock marks biggest intraday pct change since Nov 7
** IKE stock is up 8.3% this year, as of last close
($1 = 1.6223 New Zealand dollars)
(Reporting by Tejaswi Marthi in Bengaluru)
((tejaswi.marthi@thomsonreuters.com))