** Shares of Chinese smart technology company VIOT.O surge
11% to $5.3 premarket on strong Q4 revenue
** VIOT posts Q4 revenue of RMB 1.74 billion ($245.75
million), beating Refinitiv IBES estimate of RMB 1.4 BLN
** Company expects Q1 2020 revenue to be flat compared to Q1
of 2019
** Announces $10 mln share repurchase plan
** Up to Wednesday's close, VIOT shares had lost 41% this
year
($1 = 7.0804 Chinese yuan renminbi)
(Reporting by Shivani Kumaresan in Bengaluru)
((Shivani.Kumaresan@thomsonreuters.com ; +1 646 223 8780))