** Shares of Steel & Tube Holdings STU.NZ rise as much as
3.9% to NZ$1.06
** Stock posts its biggest intraday gain since Nov. 28, if
current gains hold
** Steel products distributor says co on track to deliver
1H24 normalised earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) in range
of NZ$10 million ($6.12 million) to NZ$11 million
** Co remains positive about longer term macro-trends
** Stock has fallen 19.7% YTD as of last close
($1 = 1.6343 New Zealand dollars)
(Reporting by Rajasik Mukherjee in Bengaluru; Editing by
Lincoln Feast.)
((Rajasik.Mukherjee@thomsonreuters.com))