** Shares of Southern Cross Electrical Engineering SXE.AX
rise as much as 10.2% to A$0.595, mark their biggest intraday
percentage gain since Aug. 25, 2021
** The electrical and communications service provider posts
HY profit attributable of A$6.7 mln ($4.82 mln), an increase of
48.2% from last year urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASX6KqKSH
** Posts HY revenue of A$253 mln, up 86.8%
** Shares hit their highest since Jan. 25
** As of last close, stock down 10% this year
($1 = 1.3910 Australian dollars)
(Reporting by Himanshi Akhand in Bengaluru)
((Himanshi.Akhand@thomsonreuters.com;))