Newborn Town (HKG:9911) expects profit attributable to equity shareholders for the six months ended June 30 to rise between 108.9% and 126.7% to 470 million yuan and 510 million yuan, according to a Wednesday Hong Kong bourse filing.

Revenue for the period is expected to rise 38.0% to 41.5% year over year, reaching between 3.14 billion yuan and 3.22 billion yuan.

Shares of the social app operator surged nearly 9% in Thursday morning trade.

The interim results are expected by the end of August.