** Shares of cloud-based software platform for digital
advertising KBNT.O drop ~22% to $3.05 premarket
** Company reports a bigger loss of 42 cents in Q2, compared
to 32 cents a year earlier urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nPn8Vhn54a
** Operating expenses jumped 16% to $1.2 mln, primarily due
to higher technology expenses
** KBNT's operations were impacted by COVID-19 in Q2 as
several customers and prospects temporarily decreased their
advertising budgets - CEO Peter Bordes
** Company's shares have fallen ~22% since it went public in
August
(Reporting by C Nivedita in Bengaluru)
((C.Nivedita@thomsonreuters.com;))