** Hong Kong shares of Kingsoft Cloud Holdings Ltd 3896.HK
soar as much as 33.2% to HK$4.45, their highest since debut on
Dec. 30, 2022
** Stock on course for a second session of gain, tracking a
20.8% jump in U.S.-listed shares KC.O
** Stock is the biggest pct gainer in Hang Seng Composite
Index .HSCI and Hang Seng Composite Index on information
technology firms .HSCIIT
** Beijing-based cloud services company says its Q4 revenues
reached 2.13 bln yuan ($308.66 mln), increased steadily by 8.2%
quarter-over-quarter
** Company expects its total revenues to be between 1.85 bln
yuan and 2.05 bln yuan for the first quarter of 2023
** Jefferies maintains "buy" rating on the stock saying
Kingsoft Cloud reported 4Q results with revenue and gross profit
margin ahead of market expectations
** Hang Seng Composite Index on information technology firms
.HSCIIT climbs 0.2%, and Hang Seng Tech Index .HSTECH gains
0.01%
** The Hang Seng Composite Index .HSCI and Hang Seng Index
.HSI boht slip 0.3%
($1 = 6.9008 Chinese yuan renminbi)
(Reporting by Donny Kwok)
((donny.kwok@thomsonreuters.com))