** U.S.-listed shares of Kingsoft Cloud KC.O 3896.HK rise 21% premarket
** The Chinese cloud services group reported a quarterly loss of 0.29 Chinese yuan per share, compared with an LSEG's mean analyst estimate of a loss of 1.06 Chinese yuan per share
** "The accelerated growth of high-quality business, such as AI, has offset the decline in the low-margin CDN business due to strategic proactive adjustments," the company said
** Up to last close, shares were up 21.4% YTD
(Reporting by Joao Manuel Mauricio)
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