** Shares of Millennium & Copthorne Hotels New Zealand Ltd
MCK.NZ drop as much as 4.4% to NZ$2.19 - set for worst session
since July 27, if losses hold
** Co posts half-yearly profit attributable of NZ$15.4 mln
($9.68 mln), compared with NZ$31.3 mln posted a year earlier
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** Posts HY revenue of NZ$83.7 mln vs NZ$98.4 mln
** Global events of the last six months have impacted our
recovery path and the ongoing effects of pandemic continue to
make our business very challenging - MCK chairman Colin Sim
** Stock had fallen 1.7% this year, as of last close
($1 = 1.5908 New Zealand dollars)
(Reporting by Jaskiran Singh in Bengaluru)
((Jaskiran.Singh@thomsonreuters.com;))