** Biotech firm Infinity Pharmaceuticals Inc's shares
INFI.O slump 21% to three-month low of 94 cents
** Co reports Q3 adjusted loss of 12 cents/shr, bigger
than analysts' estimates for loss of 6 cents/shr - Refinitiv
IBES
** Also misses sales estimates
** INFI notes an increase in research and development
expenses in Q3 to support future development of experimental
cancer drug Eganelisib
** More than 1 mln shares traded, 3.6 times their 25-day
moving avg
** Three of four brokerages rate the stock "buy", one
"hold"; their median PT is $3.5
** Stock had fallen 59% YTD vs a 10.1% decline in the Nasdaq
Biotechnology Index .NBI
(Reporting by Johann M Cherian in Bengaluru)
((johann.mcherian@thomsonreuters.com;))