July 18 - ** Shares in ITE Group Plc, anexhibitions organiser, slump as much as 6.7 percent among thetop losers the FTSE 250.
** ITE, which organises exhibitions and conferences, gets 60percent of its revenue from Russia, and less than 5 percent fromUkraine.
** "The EU and US are looking at sanctions and puttingpressure on Russia. It is affecting the Russian economy. Thisaccident, for want of a better word, in the Ukraine willincrease that pressure," N+1 SINGER analyst Johnathan Barretttold Reuters.
** The company was not immediately available for comment
** ITE said in an earnings statement on Tuesday that thepolitical crisis in the region had hurt its Ukrainian business. (Reuters Messaging:noor.hussain.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)
