** Shares in Lanxess LXSG.DE fall 2% in early Frankfurt trade after the German speciality chemicals maker posted its Q3 results below expectations
** Lanxess posts Q3 revenue of 1.33 billion euros ($1.55 billion), down from 1.59 billion euros a year earlier, missing analysts' forecast of 1.43 billion in a company-provided poll
** A local trader says the German company's quarterly numbers came in as bad as feared
** Lanxess also expects FY EBITDA pre-exceptionals to be around the lower end of the range of 520 million to 580 million euros
** The stock, which has lost 17.6% YTD, is seen at the bottom of Germany's mid-cap index .MDAXI
($1 = 0.8575 euros)
(Reporting by Ozan Ergenay)
((ozan.ergenay@thomsonreuters.com))