** Shares of Geely Automobile Holdings 0175.HK rise 2.7% to HK$19.66, their highest levels since January 2022
** Stock on course for a second session of gains, and is top pct gainer in the Hang Seng Automobile Index .HSAMI, which is down 0.7%
** Geely Automobile said its Q1 profit attributable to owners of the parent jumped 264% y/y to 5.67 billion yuan ($786.50 million), with revenue up 25% y/y and sales volume up 48% y/y
** The Hang Seng Commerce & Industry Index .HSNC drops nearly 1% while the Hang Seng Index .HSI declines 0.8%
** YTD, stock up 30.6%
($1 = 7.2092 Chinese yuan)
(Reporting by Donny Kwok)
((donny.kwok@thomsonreuters.com))