** Shares of Steel & Tube Holdings Ltd STU.NZ rise as much
as 6.2% to NZ$0.86, their highest since Jan. 30
** The steel products maker sees normalised EBIT of NZ$6.5
mln-NZ$7.5 mln ($4.62 mln-$5.3 mln) for the six months ending
December, up from NZ$5.7 mln last year urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nNZW6LQlJy
** Points to greater sub-leasing of properties and cost
cutting initiatives
** Stock posts its biggest intraday pct gain since Nov. 11
($1 = 1.4065 New Zealand dollars)
(Reporting by Harish Sridharan in Bengaluru)
((harish.sridharan@thomsonreuters.com))