** Shares in Belgian chemicals group Tessenderlo TESB.BR
are up 4.2% after spiking as much as 5.9% on higher 2022 profit
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** The group now expects adjusted EBITDA for the year to be
around 10% above 2021 levels, from flat year-on-year previously
** KBC says this reflects a good performance across most
divisions and notes it was expecting adjusted EBITDA for 2022 at
-2%
** The broker maintains "accumulate" rating citing the
stock's attractive valuation
** Shares are on track for their best day in more than three
months, outperforming Belgium's BEL 20 index .BFX which falls
2%
(Reporting by Olivier Cherfan)
((olivier.cherfan@thomsonreuters.com))