** U.S.-listed shares of Chinese question-and-answer website
Zhihu Inc ZH.N rise 4.2% to $1.5 premarket
** Zhihu posts Q2 revenue of 836 mln yuan ($121.15 mln), up
31% y/y
** Co says average monthly paying members reached 8.5 mln in
Q2, up 78.3% y/y
** "As the macro-economy started to show a positive momentum
in June 2022, our Content-Commerce Solutions services promptly
captured the related business opportunities and recorded
sequential increases in both end-customer pool and average
spending per customer in the second quarter of 2022" - CFO Wei
Sun
** Average monthly active users touched 105.9 mln in Q2,
rising 12.3% y/y
** Up to last close, stock down ~74% YTD
($1 = 6.9004 Chinese yuan renminbi)
(Reporting by Chavi Mehta in Bengaluru)
((Chavi.Mehta@thomsonreuters.com;))