** Budget hotel brand easyHotel, part of Sir SteliosHaji-Ioannou's easyGroup, poised for biggest one-day drop inshort history as a listed co after reporting H1
** Total revenue increased by 104% to £2.59m; InvestecSecurities says numbers broadly in line with its forecasts
** Broker, however, says openings in 2016 are likely to bebelow its expectations & therefore cuts FY16e revenue & EBITDAforecasts by 41% & 58% respectively
** Stock, down 8 pct, trading at 74.5p vs 80p IPO price(June 2014) (RM: tricia.wright1.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)