** Shares of New Zealand's Green Cross Health GXH.NZ rise
as much as 7.5% to NZ$0.850, their highest since Sept. 4
** Stock posts its biggest intraday percentage gain since
Nov. 12
** Healthcare services company reports first-half profit of
NZ$5.6 mln ($3.30 mln), up 1% from last year
** Posts half-yearly revenue of NZ$259.9 mln, up 4%
year-over-year
** About 42,000 shares change hands, compared with the
30-day average volume of around 12,000
** Stock trims YTD losses to 21.1%, including session's move
($1 = 1.6964 New Zealand dollars)
(Reporting by Aaditya Govind Rao in Bengaluru)
((Aaditya.govindrao@thomsonreuters.com;))