** Shares in environmental services & equipment co NEPH.O
up 21.3% at $8.02; snap five-day losing streak
** NEPH also hit highest in more than a month earlier in the
session
** Co posts Q1 prelim rev of $2.7 mln, an 8% rise from year
earlier urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nGNE1y6GhN
** NEPH says Q1 rev, despite COVID-19 pandemic, will be a
record high and the third-highest quarterly rev in its history
** "As more of the country is vaccinated over the coming
weeks and months, we anticipate increasingly open markets and a
return to pre-pandemic growth rates" - CEO Andy Astor
** Co scheduled to report Q1 results on May 6
** Shares down ~6% YTD
(Reporting by Arundhati Sarkar in Bengaluru)
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