** Shares of Australia's Coventry Group CYG.AX rise 1.8% to A$0.56, set for their strongest session since January 2 if current gains hold
** Industrial products supplier posts unaudited half-year sales of A$188.5 million ($128.99 million), up from A$179.4 million in the previous half-year
** Reports EBITDA of A$2.3 million
** However, co withdraws its FY26 earnings forecast pending a strategic review of its business portfolio
** Stock down 6.7% so far in January
($1 = 1.4613 Australian dollars)
(Reporting by Shruti Agarwal in Bengaluru)
((Shruti.Agarwal@thomsonreuters.com))