** Apparel retailer Buckle's BKE.N shares rise ~6% to $50.56 premarket

** Co's Q3 sales fall 3.24% to $293.6 mln, smallest decline in five quarters. The sales benefited from online demand

** Quarterly same-store sales fall 0.7% vs a 9.2% drop a year ago

** But co posts Q3 profit of 88 cents/share vs $1.04/share a year earlier

** BKE is up ~6% YTD as of last close

(Reporting by Aamir Sohail in Bengaluru)

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