** Shares of Premier Investments Ltd  PMV.AX  rise as much
as 18.7% to A$26.7, their biggest intraday pct gain since March
20, 2020
    ** The apparel retailer expects first-half EBIT to be in the
range of A$221 mln to A$233 mln ($171.69 mln-$181.02 mln),
accelerated by online sales  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASXLZgsc
    ** HY online sales were up 60% at $146.2 mln - making up
20.4% of the total group sales
    ** Says total sales for HY were up 5% at A$716.9 mln
    ** Stock PMV is biggest percentage gainer in the S&P/ASX 200
index  .AXJO 
    ** Stock gains 25.3% through 2020 while the benchmark
 .AXJO  nearly halved in value last year

    ($1 = 1.2872 Australian dollars)

 (Reporting by Savyata Mishra in Bengaluru)
 ((Savyata.mishra@thomsonreuters.com))