** Shares in TKH Group TWKNc.AS rise around 3% after the
Dutch tech company posted a jump in Q1 core earnings
** Its Q1 EBITA before one-off income and expenses rise to
60.4 million euros ($66.53 million) from 58.5 million a year
earlier; analysts at KBC Securities expected 55.3 million euros
** The group reiterates FY outlook
** KBC sees margin improvements in the short term supported
by improving supply chains and disappearance of import taxes
from fibre optics
** In the long term, new production facilities should be
catalysts generating organic growth, given strong demand, and
operational leverage, adds KBC
** The stock is on track for best day in a month
($1 = 0.9079 euros)
(Reporting by Michal Aleksandrowicz)
((michal.aleksandrowicz@tr.com))