** Shares of Trent TREN.NS slides 5.7%, extending losses
of 0.4% ahead of Q2 results
** Clothing retailer's Q2 consol rev from ops climbs 39.4%
Y/Y, its slowest rev growth since Q4 2021
** Q2 consol net profit climbs ~47% Y/Y
** Stock second-biggest pct loser on benchmark Nifty 50
.NSEI , which is down 1%
** Trading volume 1.2x the 30-day moving avg
** Avg rating on TREN at "buy" while rival Shoppers Stop
SHOP.NS rated "hold" - LSEG data
** TREN has more than doubled YTD, while SHOP has lost ~5%
(Reporting by Kashish Tandon in Bengaluru)
((Kashish.tandon@thomsonreuters.com))