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BUZZ-ASOS: Q2 sales beat sends stock to 9-mth high

** Online fashion retailer ASOS (LSE: ASC.L - news) up at highest levels since June on robust Q2 retail sales - up 19 pct vs consensus of c.16 pct

** Driven by 30 pct growth in UK & 12 pct from international

** Stock up 16.6 pct, poised for biggest one-day pct move since Aug 2014; jump comes even after strength into earnings (up almost 10 pct from March 4 low until March 11 close) (RM (LSE: RM.L - news) : tricia.wright1.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)