** Shares of Sany Heavy Equipment International Holdings
Company Ltd 0631.HK rise as much as 6.2% to HK$3.24, their
highest May 17; on track for their 3rd straight session of gain
** Liaoning-based coal mining equipment maker expects its
first half profit to "increase significantly" from a year ago
amid increased replacement demand for coal machinery equipment
and a rise in orders for coal machinery products urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN24B0C6
** As of Wednesday's close, the stock had risen 14.2% so far
this year
** Sany Heavy Equipment has outperformed the Hang Seng
Commerce & Industry Index sector .HSNC by 7.1 percentage
points in the past one month
** The Hang Seng China enterprises index .HSCE climbs 1.3%
while the benchmark index .HSI rises 1.2% on Thursday
((Reuters Messaging:
donny.kwok.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net))