** Shares of City Chic Collective CCX.AX rise as much as 4.6% to A$0.115 in its third session of gains

** Apparel retailer narrows HY net loss after tax from cont ops to A$3.5 mln ($2.47 mln) from A$6.7 mln in pcp

** Co says trading momentum in first eight weeks of H2 FY26 ahead of pcp

** Did not declare a dividend for HY

** Evolving developments regarding tariffs, as it currently stands, would result in a 5% reduction in duties for our goods entering the U.S. from China — co

** YTD, stock up 4.6%, including the day's moves

($1 = 1.4160 Australian dollars)

(Reporting by Shivangi Lahiri in Bengaluru)

((shivangi.lahiri@thomsonreuters.com))